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Attacks and threats against journalists on the increase in the Americas, IAPA concludes (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News October 24, 2018

So far this year 30 journalists have been murdered in the region, 20 of them since the IAPA's last meeting in April 2018.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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