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Hello Twitter fam'! Eyala's #SundayReads are back after a break. (I wish I could tell you I had a restful one, but I'd be lying. It was work-work-work-work and whatever else Rihanna sang). Scroll down for a selection of articles that resonated with me over the past few weeks 👇🏾
"I poured my human self into it—my Nigerian woman into it.": @BBCAfrica journalist @kikimordi spoke with @OkayAfrica about what it felt like to do the work tjat uncovered the #SexForGrades scandal. A must-read.
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Hajar Raissouni, a journalist in #Morocco, is in prison for having premarital sex and an abortion. Weaponizing women's bodies for political goals.
@AidaAlami did a stellar job of reporting on this case on Twitter and for @nytimes
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#SundayReads #FreeHajar
@AidaAlami did a stellar job of reporting on this case on Twitter and for @nytimes
nyti.ms/2OLXePV
#SundayReads #FreeHajar
#Moroccan journalist Hajar Raissouni sentenced to prison for premarital sex and an abortion she says she didn’t in what critics have described as a politically-motivated trial nytimes.com/2019/09/30/wor… #FreeHajar
“The trial was perhaps the most prominent example yet in a pattern of arrests and prosecutions of journalists who are critical of the state, on charges seemingly unrelated to their reporting.” #FreeHajar
Her case has sparked protests and a torrent of commentary and criticism online. Many called for greater press freedom and for an overhaul of the country’s conservative penal code. #FreeHajar
There is a country, Morocco. It achieved independence from France in 1956. Until 1965 however, its judges were mostly French, ruled in French and laws were drafted & published in that language. Its penal code, still in force today, was drafted mostly by French jurists. #FreeHajar
Oh, I forgot. Morocco had no elected Parliament in 1962. Its first elected Parliament was voted into place first in 1963. Morocco's Penal code, whose bulk provisions remain in force to this day, were never debated let alone adopted by elected representatives. #FreeHajar
This is not to say that these provisions run against a groundswell of public opinion - they don't, despite vocal criticism from human rights defenders, feminists and secularists. It's just that these provisions were never subject to democratic scrutiny and debate. #FreeHajar
I had vowed to stay offline for a month, but I couldn't help but to take a peak. Just 15 minutes, I promised myself. It was enough to leave me enraged, with tears in my eyes and trembling hands. Here's why:👇🏾
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#ThursdayThoughts
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A young South African woman was raped and killed by a post office employee, and @GovernmentZA's only answer was to call for women to not "allow themselves to become victims by keeping quiet".
Stop blaming women for sexual violence.
#UyineneMrwetyana
#ThursdayThoughts
Stop blaming women for sexual violence.
#UyineneMrwetyana
#ThursdayThoughts
A Moroccan journalist was arrested for "illegal sexual intercourse" after police mysteriously showed up at her ob-gyn's clinic and accused her of having had an illegal abortion.
Stop weaponizing women's sexual lives for political gain.
#FreeHajar
Stop weaponizing women's sexual lives for political gain.
#FreeHajar
