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– Journalists could be arbitrarily prosecuted under Angola's new media law (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News December 1, 2016

The law grants the government and ruling party expansive power to interfere with the work of journalists, and potentially to prevent reporting on corruption or human rights abuses.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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