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Calls for Release of Sierra Leonean Singer

Updated 2026-05-19 08:20 UTC 1 source Negative

Activists and politicians are calling for the release of Zainab Sheriff, a Sierra Leonean singer jailed under what they claim is a crackdown on free speech. She was sentenced to four years in prison.

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The Guardian
Zainab Sheriff unjustly sentenced to four years in prison for incitement and threatening language, say activistsLawyers, 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 crac
2026-05-19 08:00 UTC
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