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– Greece: Three "Fileleftheros" journalists arrested for defaming minister (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News September 26, 2018

Three journalists were arrested and held overnight in an Athens police cell after the defence minister, Panos Kammenos, filed a defamation complaint against them.
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