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Tunisia frees two students arrested for satirical song criticising police

Tunisia frees two students arrested for satirical song criticising police

A Tunisian judge freed two students arrested over a satirical song criticising the police after President Kais Saied said their detention was "totally unacceptable" and called for their release, their lawyers said. Youssef Chelbi and Dhia Nsir were arrested on Wednesday after posting a clip on Tik Tok and Facebook showing them laughing and singing a sarcastic song upbraiding the police over the treatment of detainees and a drugs law. Their arrest on charges of insulting others through social networks alarmed rights activists and bloggers, who republished the song to show solidarity with them. They said freedoms in Tunisia were under siege…
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10 kidnapped Nigerian students released

10 kidnapped Nigerian students released

BANDITS have released 10 more students kidnapped two months ago from a Baptist school in northwest Nigeria, the school administrator has told Reuters. The Reverend John Hayab, the administrator of the Bethel Baptist High school, said 21 students from the school remained in captivity. He said an undisclosed ransom was paid to release eight students while another two were set free due to ill health. Last month bandits released 15 students from the school after a group of 28 was set free in July following the release of a first group of 28 two days after the raid. Around 150…
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School children abducted in Niger released

School children abducted in Niger released

GUNMEN in Nigeria on Saturday released 27 teenage boys who were kidnapped from their school last week in the northern state of Niger, while security forces continued to search for more than 300 schoolgirls abducted in a nearby state. Schools have become targets for mass kidnappings for ransom in northern Nigeria by armed groups, many of whom carry guns and ride motorcycles. On Feb. 17, 27 students, three staff and 12 members of their families were abducted by an armed gang who stormed the Government Science secondary school in the Kagara district of Niger state, overwhelming the school's security detail.…
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