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Top Senegalese opposition leader freed from jail as election nears

Senegal’s main opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was released late Thursday ahead of the country’s presidential elections scheduled for March 24, his lawyer said. Both Sonko and his key ally, Basil Diomai Faye, have been released, Sonko’s lawyer Bamba Cisse told The Associated Press. Supporters gathered at Sonko’s home and other locations in the capital Dakar […]

CT man found not guilty of gang-related murder after spending decade in jail

Connecticut man fights off two car robbers The Westport Police Department responded to a carjacking in which two suspects assaulted the owner of an Aston Martin in a garage in Norwalk, Connecticut. (Credit: Westport Police Department) Donald Rayner, 38, was acquitted of murder and released after his third trial after the state Supreme Court overturned […]

Belgian far-right activist sentenced to 1 year in jail for racist speech

In a landmark ruling on how the country deals with extremism, a Belgian court on Tuesday said that a prominent far-right activist was accused of what the judge called “racist, hateful, Nazi and negationist speech.” Dries van Langenhove was sentenced to one year in prison. Five members of van Langenhove’s extremist group were given suspended […]