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– TV crews assaulted, detained covering protests in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News March 28, 2018

The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on the Kurdistan Regional Government to investigate immediately attacks against local journalists covering regional protests.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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