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– Ecuadorian journalists kidnapped, defending women's rights, and Guatemala under the microscope: March in the Americas (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News April 4, 2018

It was an intense month: a journalist was murdered in Mexico, a Brazilian councilwoman was assassinated in Rio, Venezuela was caught in an information trap, and in the United States, free expression faltered.
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