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Time dey fly sha. What about “Another Life”

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Switruth:
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Time dey fly sha. What about “Another Life”

Switruth:
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Time dey fly sha. What about “Another Life”

Three Burundi schoolgirls face jail for doodling on President's photo

By Aanu Adeoye, CNN

Updated at 1740 GMT (0140 HKT) March 21, 2019


(CNN) — Three schoolgirls in Burundi spent the weekend in jail and are facing five years in prison for drawing on the President's face in their school books, Human Rights Watch told CNN.

The girls, who are all minors, were arrested last week and were on Monday charged with 'insulting the head of state,' according to the human rights group.


They are on remand while they await trial for drawing on President Pierre Nkurunziza's face during one of their classes, Lewis Mudge, the Central Africa Director at Human Rights Watch told CNN.


On February 28, Burundi’s government forced the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to pack up and leave Burundi. This office had been working in Bujumbura since the 1990s

This is not the first time children are targeted with political repression in Burundi. In 2016 authorities also arrested schoolchildren for doodling on images of Nkurunziza.


A 13-year-old girl was released for being below the age of criminal responsibility while four others arrested alongside the schoolgirls were released.

Mudge said textbooks in Burundi's school system are often passed in between classes and it is, therefore, difficult to know who scribbled on the President's image in the first place.

"It's ridiculous that we're at a point where we even have to ask or interject this point in a conversation. These are schoolgirls that are being detained," he said.

CNN was not immediately able to reach the Burundi government for comment on the case.

School children in Burundi have previously been jailed in the past for similar offenses.


In 2016, agents of the National Intelligence Service of Burundi arrested eight secondary school students for allegedly insulting Nkurunziza by writing phrases like "Get out" or "No to the 3rd term" on a picture of the President in a textbook, according to Human Rights Watch.

The same year, hundreds of children were expelled from several schools for scribbling on the President's face in their books.

President Nkurunziza, who has been in office since 2005, was re-elected to a third term in 2015 despite massive protests and concerns over the legality of running beyond his second term.

But Burundi's constitutional court ruled that he was eligible because he was picked by parliament, not elected by people, during his first term.

Scores died in the violence that marred the 2015 vote.


Human Rights Watch said the case was "quickly becoming the benchmark for a crackdown of freedom of expression since 2015."

The organization added that it would apply pressure on the government of Burundi to release the girls.

He said the students in 2016 were released after pressure from the international community following their initial conviction.

"Burundi used to be the benchmark in the region for freedom of expression and association, but ever since the president decided to change the constitution to run for a third mandate," Mudge said.

'When he saw the backlash against that, the response from the president has been to crackdown and limit the space of dissent."

He added: "We're seeing the consequence of that play out and frankly this case is ridiculous."

Just weeks ago, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said the agency was forced to shut its local office of 23 years under concerted pressure from the Burundian government.

#FreeOurGirls: Twitter users back detained Burundi schoolgirls

25 March 2019

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Social media users have been altering the president's image

Twitter users have rallied to the cause of three schoolgirls arrested for defacing photos of Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza by following their example.

Crudely doctored images of the leader are being circulated online under the hashtag, #FreeOurGirls.

The girls were charged last week with insulting the head of state and could spend up to five years in prison.

Burundian authorities are routinely accused of cracking down on human rights and dissent.

The schoolgirls, aged 15,16 and 17, were arrested two weeks ago after the president's image was defaced in textbooks. Four other students arrested with them were later released.

Here are some of the images that have been circulating online in support of the girls.

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The father of one of the detained girls told campaign group Human Rights Watch that they were too scared to eat.

HRW has urged the government to release the schoolgirls and concentrate on curbing abuses by the security forces.

"Authorities should focus on holding perpetrators of serious rights violations to account instead of jailing schoolchildren for doodles, the group's Central Africa director, Lewis Mudge, said.

In a similar case in 2016, several schoolchildren were imprisoned and hundreds expelled for scribbling on images of the president's face.

naptu2:
Francisca Ordega (of Washington Spirit) scores two goals, forces the defender to score an own goal and provides the assist for the second goal.

Washington Spirit 4-3 New Jersey Sky Blue.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCjnhhsHQXU

Ekpekus:

Thank God she was found safe and sound. I hope intact too. Medical investigations should be carried out please.
By the way @OP some of the area mentioned in the write up were misspelled.. like "Ibudu" which is "Igbudu" number 1; "dibori" is "Digbori" in Essi Layout.

Fizzymike1:
On what ground?

👕 5 games
⚽️ 5 goals@AsisatOshoala is taking the #LigaIberdrola by storm! ⚡️🇳🇬⚡️

💙 @FCBfemeni ❤️ pic.twitter.com/1EpEEbbq1a

— LALIGA English (@LaLigaEN) March 25, 2019

PRESS RELEASE

ABDUCTED IN WARRI, RESCUED IN LAFIA - GIRL 5, RE-UNITED WITH HER FAMILY BY THE POLICE

• IGP advises parents to pay close attention to the safety of children

A five (5) year old girl, Aisha Ibrahim who was kidnapped on 16th March, 2019 at Ibudu 1 Area, Warri, Delta State by unknown persons was rescued unhurt by the Police at Bukan-Kwatu, Lafia, Nasarawa State.

Aisha Ibrahim was reunited with her father “Mr Ibrahim Abdulmalik” of Gibori Street, Ibudu Market, Warri, Delta State on 20th March, 2019 at the Force Headquarters, Abuja. The obviously elated father was exclaiming “I thank God o! I thank Police o! I have even lost hope! I just received a call I should come to Force Headquarters to collect my pikin!” as he showered encomiums on the Nigeria Police Force for the intense follow-up which led to the quick rescue of his daughter who was kidnapped while returning from school on the said day.

On receipt of the information, Police detectives from the Force Headquarters, Abuja, acting on the directives of the Inspector General of Police, Ag. IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, mni, swung into action which led to the arrest of the suspects and rescue of the victim. The two (2) suspects are Abdullahi Abubakar ‘m’ 30yrs and his mother, Mrs Jummai Salihu 62yrs old, both of Bukan-Kwatu, Lafia, Nasarawa State. Abdullahi Abubakar the principal suspect, who is well-known to the family of the victim, under the pretext of helping the victim to cross the road, abducted her and took her from Warri, Delta State to Lafia, Nasarawa State where he kept her with his mother (second suspect) while he contacted the parents of the victim for ransom. The suspects have made useful statements to the Police on the roles they played in the kidnap of young Aisha. Efforts are ongoing to apprehend other persons, particularly one Inusah Ibrahim ‘m’ 58yrs of No.7 UCC Road, Hausa Quarters, Warri, Delta State, connected to the crime.

Meanwhile, the Inspector General of Police, Ag. IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, mni, has observed that parents and guardians should be aware that most criminal harms done to children, including child stealing, child trafficking, rape, defilement, abduction, kidnap etc, are usually carried out by persons they are familiar with. He therefore advised that Parents and Guardians should pay close attention to their children/wards especially on their movements to and fro school in order to prevent any untoward situation that might endanger or bring the children to harm’s way.


ACP FRANK MBA
FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
FORCE HEADQUARTERS
ABUJA