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Burundian journalist Floriane Irangabiye shows her release order after walking out of the Bubanza prison following a Presidential pardon on August 16, 2024. [AFP]
Burundi on Friday freed journalist Floriane Irangabiye, who had been sentenced to 10 years in prison for allegedly "undermining the integrity of the national territory", according to AFP journalists.
Irangabiye, 36, was arrested in August 2022 while visiting her family in the East African nation and sentenced in January 2023, provoking international criticism.
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