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| Tehran court jails Iranian-British woman over volleyball match protest |
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| An Iranian-British woman who took part in a demonstration in Tehran against a ban on women attending some men's sporting events was jailed for a year for spreading anti-state propaganda, Iranian media said. Ghoncheh Ghavami, 25, was arrested on June 20 outside the city's Azadi Stadium, where she and others were demanding that women be allowed in to watch a volleyball match between Iran and Italy. She was charged by a Tehran court with activities and propaganda against the Islamic Republic. The semi-official ILNA news agency quoted her lawyer, Alireza Tabatabaie, on Saturday as saying her sentence may be cut due to previous good behaviour. |
| Thousands protest Burkina Faso army's power grab |
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| By Joe Penney and Nadoun Coulibaly OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Thousands gathered on Sunday in the centre of Burkina Faso's capital to denounce what they called a military coup, two days after mass protests forced President Blaise Compaore to resign. Compaore's 27 years in charge of the landlocked West African country ended on Friday when his bid to change the constitution to extend his rule was thwarted. A power struggle ensued and on Saturday Presidential Guard commander Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Zida was appointed as transitional leader, superseding an earlier claim by the army chief of staff. In Ouagadougou's Place de La Nation on Sunday, opposition leaders denounced the power grab to the assembled crowds, while a U.N. official warned of possible sanctions if Zida obstructed a return to civilian rule. |
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