FreeOurGirls: Defaced pics of Burundi's Nkurunziza flood Twitter in support of jailed girls
JOHANNESBURG - People from different parts of the world are using defaced pictures of Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza to show solidarity with three schoolgirls who were arrested for doodling on his picture in five textbooks.
Judges had said the three girls should be "prosecuted for contempt of the head of state", and ordered them to a juvenile section of a prison in the north of Burundi at Ngozi to await trial.Scribbling is not a crime, President Nkurunziza. — Andrew Stroehlein March 21, 2019 Three schoolgirls, all under the age of 18, have been detained & charged for scribbling over images of President #Nkurunziza in their school text books in Burundi.
— Sindumuja Musaga March 23, 2019 Stop being petty Nkurunziza. Scribbling has never been a crime. #FreeOurGirls pic.twitter.com/aPrUC85PxZAct like a Lamb doodle Nkurunziza #FreeOurGirls pic.twitter.com/Jb5b92dl2Y
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