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– Journalist Jones Abiri finally acquitted, awarded damages (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News September 14, 2018

A Federal High Court in Abuja has awarded 10 million Naira (about US$27,500) in damages to Jones Abiri, describing the journalist's two-year detention without trial as an "outright conviction."
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