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– Death of imprisoned British-Algerian journalist on hunger strike shocks nation (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News December 16, 2016

On December 12, 42 year-old Algerian journalist and blogger Mohammad Tamalt was laid to rest in the capital Algiers. Tamalt entered a coma in late August after staging a two-month hunger strike in protest of his arrest.
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