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The Freedom Fighters of Antigua and Barbuda have refuted claims that members of the group agreed to meet with Prime Minister Gaston Browne.<\/p>

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Legal Advisor for the group, Leon \u2018Chaku\u2019 Symister has denied these claims.<\/p>\n

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This week Prime Minister Gaston Browne said he has agreed to meet with one of two women charged with organising Sunday\u2019s protest.<\/p>

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He said the meeting was based on the request of one of the women who were charged for allegedly organising what police say was an illegal protest on Sunday.<\/p>

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Over the weekend, Browne who described the woman as \u201cone of Percival Simon\u2019s daughter\u201d, said she was trying to reach him and that he had agreed to meet with her.<\/p>\n

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