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Liberian court releases five rights activists.
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - A magistrates court in Monrovia Monday released on bail five human rights activists detained by the Liberian police without change since last week.
Lawyers for the activists had filed a writ of habeas corpus to force the police to produce the five and show reasons for their arrest and detention.
When the police produced the four men and a woman in court, their lawyers filed a cash appearance bond to obtain their release.
Aloysius Toe, project officer at the National Human Rights Centre and his four staff members were nabbed by the police for a statement the centre issued over the arrest and detention of opposition politician Nigba Wiaplah of the New Deal Movement party.
Police said the statement was derogatory, alleging the police had "abducted" two sisters of the ...
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