Calls for release of Sierra Leonean singer jailed in ‘crackdown on free speech’

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Activists are calling for the release of Zainab Sheriff, a Sierra Leonean singer, who was sentenced to four years in prison under accusations of incitement and depending free speech. Her imprisonment is seen as part of a broader crackdown on dissent.

Zainab Sheriff unjustly sentenced to four years in prison for incitement and threatening language, say activists Lawyers, politicians and activists have called for the release of one of Sierra Leone’s best-known celebrities, who they said was unjustly imprisoned as part of a government crackdown on free speech and political dissent. Zainab Sheriff, a singer and reality-TV show contestant who became a political opposition figure, was sentenced in April to four years and two months’ imprisonment for incitement and using threatening language. Continue reading...