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– Three more journalists detained in Belarus (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News March 23, 2017

The crackdown on the media in Belarus grew further today as journalists Kastus Zhukouski and Andrey Tolchyn were detained in Dobrush while a freelance reporter working for Belsat Viktar Yarashuk was detained in Pinsk.
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