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– Journalist sentenced to prison in absentia, for 'defaming' foreign minister on Facebook (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News July 5, 2018

A Lebanese journalist was convicted in absentia of defaming acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Gebran Bassil in a Facebook post.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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