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– Media freedom NGOs ask Polish defence minister to drop complaint against journalist (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News July 18, 2017

An investigative reporter for the independent newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza, Tomasz Piatek is facing a possible two to three-year jail sentence in a case that is being prepared by military prosecutors and could be heard by a military court.
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