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– In crackdown on protests, Iranian regime targets freedom to inform (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News January 7, 2018

In the first days of 2018, the Iranian regime arrested tens of citizen journalists in an attempt to censor information about a wave of protests throughout the country.
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