“I find it awful that I am not allowed to vote”

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SURINAME – “I find it awful that I am not allowed to vote. It is painful that I can’t choose my leader. I made a mistake by ending up in prison,” an inmate told Times of Suriname. He explained that he was given a prison sentence after he had been found guilty of robbery and that this is why he has been excluded from the right to vote.  “I really wanted to go to the polls. My fellow inmates also wanted to vote but that is not possible given the circumstances. I ended up behind bars in the wrong period…[+]