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Article: VOA NEWS: NIGERIANS CALL FOR RELEASE OF NIGER DELTA SEPARATIST LEADER
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- June 14, 2007
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The Voice of America issued the following story:
By James Butty
The trial of Nigerian separatist leader Mujahid Dokubo-Asari resumes Thursday after it briefly adjourned Wednesday because of the absence of the trial judge. Dokubo-Asari, leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, has been detained since November 2005 pending his trial for treason. He comes from the oil-rich Niger delta region, and militant groups there have been demanding his release.
Also this week, several eminent Nigerians and civil society groups demonstrated to call for Dokubo Asari's release. Human rights activist and lawyer Chief Gani-Fawehinmi is one of those calling for Dokubo-Asari's release. He told VOA ...