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Senegal opposition leader freed after protests


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Senegal opposition leader freed after protests
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Demonstrators squared up to security forces outside the court on Monday
A judge in Senegal has released opposition leader Ousmane Sonko on bail after days of deadly protests sparked by his arrest last week.
He is going home. He is free, said Etienne Ddione, Mr Sonko s lawyer.
Mr Sonko, 46, says charges of rape are politically motivated to stop him running again in elections in 2024.
Demonstrators scuffled with security forces outside the courthouse in the capital, Dakar, before Monday s hearing.
Police have deployed armoured cars in the city in the wake of several days of clashes in which at least eight people were killed, including a teenager in the southern town of Diaobé - the most serious violence Senegal has seen for several years. ....

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Myanmar junta warns of lethal force as crowds gather for 'five twos revolution'


Myanmar junta warns of lethal force as crowds gather for five twos revolution
A reporter in Yangon and Rebecca Ratcliffe South-east Asia correspondent
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Protesters have taken to the streets of towns and cities across Myanmar in one of the largest nationwide shows of opposition to the military since it seized power three weeks ago.
Crowds assembled in Yangon, Naypyidaw, Mandalay and elsewhere, despite an apparent threat from the junta that it would again use deadly violence against demonstrators.
Activists had called for mass demonstrations on Monday, which has been referred to as the “five twos revolution”, a reference to the date, 22.2.2021. Protesters have compared the date to 8 August 1988 – or 8.8.88 – when the military responded to pro-democracy rallies with a brutal crackdown, killing and injuring hundreds. ....

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Violent clashes on fifth night of protests over jailing of Spanish rapper who insulted monarchy


Violent clashes on fifth night of protests over jailing of Spanish rapper who insulted monarchy
Rioters in Spain have smashed shop windows and launched glass bottles at police in a fifth night of violence over the jailing of rapper Pablo Hasel.
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Demonstrators clash with police in Barcelona over the jailing of rapper Pablo Hasel
It comes after the musician was
arrested by anti-riot police on Tuesday following a 24-hour stand-off in a university with dozens of supporters to avoid prison over what he calls an issue of free speech.
He was given nine months behind bars for insulting the Spanish monarchy and praising terrorist violence in his music and also on his Twitter account. ....

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