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– Papua New Guinea court silences political blogger's comments, blogger posts gag image (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News July 13, 2017

A Papua New Guinean court has banned political blogger Martyn Namorong from publishing "defamatory remarks" about an election officer.
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