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– Guatemalan journalist Jerson Xitumul Morales imprisoned after covering protests (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News November 21, 2017

Local officials and mining company employees had harassed journalist Jerson Xitumul Morales since May for his coverage of a fishermen guild's protests against a mining company. The fishermen blame the company for environmental damage around the area's Lake Izabal.
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