Sierra Leone: Authorities must release and guarantee fair trial for TV personality detained under accusations of insulting the President and First Lady

By Amnesty International

Reacting to the ongoing detention of Hawa Hunt, a Sierra Leonean-Canadian artist and reality television personality who was arrested on live television in December and charged with insulting the President and First Lady in a social media video, Michèle Eken, senior researcher at Amnesty International’s West and Central Africa office, said: “Hawa Hunt has now […] The post Sierra Leone: Authorities must release and guarantee fair trial for TV personality detained under accusations of insulting the President and First Lady appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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