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– Reporter Ohemaa Sakyiwaa wins court appeal to file case of assault (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News August 3, 2018

Accra's Human Rights Court has uphelds journalist Ohemaa Sakyiwaa's right to file an assault case against her attack by a member of Ghana's ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP).
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