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Honorary Consul for Sierra Leone resigns in protest of country's detention of Calgary woman

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Former Canadian defence minister David Pratt has resigned from his role as Honorary Consul for Sierra Leone .

His resignation comes in protest of the country’s continued detention of Calgary resident Hawa Hunt .

Pratt said he was “shocked” to learn of Hunt ’s arrest and called her continued detention “overkill” Pratt described his longstanding connections with Sierra Leone going back 35 years .

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