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– Morocco obstructs coverage of Rif protests (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News July 24, 2017

RSF has registered many media freedom violations since the start of a wave of protests in Morocco's northern Rif region and accuses the authorities of deliberately obstructing the Moroccan and foreign reporters who have been trying to cover the unrest.
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