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– Two years after Charlie, a tribute to persecuted cartoonists (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News January 6, 2017

On the second anniversary of the deadly terrorist attack at "Charlie Hebdo" magazine's office, a joint statement remembers lost colleagues and recognises the plight of those cartoonists who are living in exile, in prison or under threat.
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