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– Let media council address free speech concerns, Samoa police urged (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News May 1, 2017

Samoa police must stop abusing their powers and let the national media council address free speech concerns, says regional media watchdog the Pacific Freedom Forum, PFF.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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