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Three Burundi schoolgirls jailed for doodling on president's photo

Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza.

Three teenage schoolgirls in Burundi have been sent to prison to await trial for scribbling on a picture of President Pierre Nkurunziza in textbooks, activists said Thursday.

The girls, aged 15, 16 and 17, face up to five years in prison for insulting the head of state if found guilty.

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