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– Free Media Movement urges government to control ethnic violence without hindering democracy (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News March 12, 2018

Sri Lanka declared a state of emergency and blocked social media sites to contain communal violence.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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