Burundi’s Pierre Nkurunziza is one of many authoritarian African leaders. AMISOM Public Information/Flickr
The girls, aged 15, 16 and 17, face up to five years in prison for insulting the head of state if found guilty. The girls are accused of defacing photographs of Nkurunziza in five textbooks belonging to their school, but teachers pointed out that the books are shared among all the pupils as there are not enough for everyone to have their own.
In 2016, several schoolchildren were handed prison sentences for similar scribbles on the president’s face, and hundreds of pupils expelled, sparking an international outcry.
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