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– Asia & Pacific round-up: Film screening criminalised, free expression refugees trapped on Manus Island, and more (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News March 3, 2017

February: Censorship in Malaysia and Pakistan; deadly attacks against journalists in Bangladesh and Pakistan; global action to support three Iranian refugees
Source: MEDIA FEED

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