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| Naked Liberians to be sent home | Naked Liberians to be sent home |
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| A group of Liberian women refugees who have held naked protests by the roadside are to be deported from Ghana, a minister has told the BBC. | A group of Liberian women refugees who have held naked protests by the roadside are to be deported from Ghana, a minister has told the BBC. |
| Hundreds of the women were arrested on Monday and taken away from a refugee camp in 10 buses, witnesses say. | Hundreds of the women were arrested on Monday and taken away from a refugee camp in 10 buses, witnesses say. |
| They were protesting at plans to send them home with $100 - they demand $1,000 and to be resettled in the West. | They were protesting at plans to send them home with $100 - they demand $1,000 and to be resettled in the West. |
| Stripping naked is a traditional form of protest amongst poor and powerless women in Africa. | |
| Interior Minister Kwamena Bartels said that the Liberian war had ended. He denied it was forced repatriation. | Interior Minister Kwamena Bartels said that the Liberian war had ended. He denied it was forced repatriation. |
| He said they had broken local laws by not informing the police of their protest. | He said they had broken local laws by not informing the police of their protest. |
| "When women strip themselves naked and stand by a major highway, that is not a peaceful demonstration," he told the BBC's Network Africa programme. | "When women strip themselves naked and stand by a major highway, that is not a peaceful demonstration," he told the BBC's Network Africa programme. |
| He said they would be deported later this week. | He said they would be deported later this week. |
| Some 27,000 Liberians are in Ghana after years of conflict at home. | Some 27,000 Liberians are in Ghana after years of conflict at home. |
| Liberia's civil war ended in 2003 | Liberia's civil war ended in 2003 |
| But the civil war ended in 2003. | But the civil war ended in 2003. |
| Some of the refugees told the BBC they had been beaten by the Ghanaian police at Buduburam camp, west of the capital, Accra. | Some of the refugees told the BBC they had been beaten by the Ghanaian police at Buduburam camp, west of the capital, Accra. |
| They refuse to be integrated into local society and say they will continue protesting at the UN refugee agency's offer. | They refuse to be integrated into local society and say they will continue protesting at the UN refugee agency's offer. |
| "$100 is not anything you can start life with. We are all lost," one woman said. | "$100 is not anything you can start life with. We are all lost," one woman said. |