Rokia Traoré: Malian singer detained in Belgium in child custody row
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The artist is subject to a conviction for non-representation of children pronounced in 2023 by the Brussels court
The Malian singer Rokia Traoré, requested by Belgian justice, was transferred Friday from Italy and imprisoned in Haren prison, near Brussels, the Belgian capital's prosecutor's office told AFP....
Since 2019, she has been in conflict with the Belgian playwright Jan Goossens concerning the custody of their daughter, born in 2015. The father claims that he has not seen the child for five and a half years.
The artist is subject to a conviction for non-representation of children pronounced in 2023 by the Brussels court. Since 2019, he has been in conflict with the father of the girl born in 2015.
Mali singer extradited to Belgium in child custody case
Malian singer Rokia Traore was extradited from Italy to Belgium and detained on Friday over an outstanding two-year prison sentence handed down in a child custody dispute, prosecutors said. The 50-year-old singer and guitarist was sentenced in absentia by a Brussels court last year on charges of parental abduction in a long-running fight with the
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