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Gims cancels Tunisia performance to protest against treatment of refugees

Gims has previously been vocal about racism, poverty and other social issues in France [File: Eric Gaillard/Reuters]

Congolese-French singer and rapper Gims has announced he will not travel to Tunisia, where he was due to perform at a concert next month, in protest against the treatment of asylum seekers and refugees in the North African country.

“Children, women and men expelled from Tunisia to Libya live in inhuman conditions. I cannot maintain my visit to Tunisia, scheduled for August 11th,” the singer wrote on Instagram on Sunday.

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