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Human Rights Watch awards to writers

African writers have received nearly half of this year's Hellman/Hammett grants, which are given annually by the rights organisation Human Rights Watch (HRW) to writers around the world who have been targets of political persecution, HRW said on Wednesday in a statement. Of the 32 awarded grants, 14 are from Africa and include the following from West Africa: Alex Redd (Liberia), Adinwumi Adesokan (Nigeria), Lanre Arogundade (Nigeria), Niran Malaolu (Nigeria), Gremah Boucar (Niger), Alieu Sheriff (Sierra Leone and Gambia). Writers from other West African countries including Cameroon, Sierra Leone and Togo also received awards but cannot be named because of the dangerous circumstances in which they are living, HRW said.

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