– CIJ calls for charges against "Malaysiakini" bosses to be dropped (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News May 19, 2017

CIJ is alarmed by the prosecution of Malaysiakini's Chief Executive Officer over the airing of a purportedly 'offensive' video of a press conference held in July 2016.
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