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Request for Release of Private Akinlabi by Sahara Reporters is a document available to read on EtoBox.
What is Request for Release of Private Akinlabi about?
The letter requests the release of Private Sofiyat Akinlabi from military custody. She was arrested for accepting a marriage proposal from a male corps member. The letter argues that restricting a female soldier from marriage for three years, as was cited as the reason for her detention, is discriminatory and unconstitutional. It notes a previous court ruling found such restrictions on women but not men in the police force to be unlawful. Additionally, photos of male soldiers in public displays of affection
- Author
- Sahara Reporters
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- EN