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– Tajik journalist Khayrullo Mirsaidov handed 12 year jail sentence on bogus charges (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News July 17, 2018

Mirsaidov was charged with embezzling and misusing state funds and false reporting to police after he made corruption allegations against local government officials.
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