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– Victory for press freedom: Timor journalists spared from jail (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News June 2, 2017

The IFJ and its affiliates welcome the decision by the Timor Leste judiciary to dismiss charges against two journalists charged with slanderous denunciation in a case brought against them by the Prime Minister.
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