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Western Saharan media activist suspends hunger strike in Moroccan prison (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News November 10, 2018

The 32-year-old activist was arrested in 2010 and convicted of "complicity in violence" against security forces in 2013. He is now in solitary confinement in Morocco's Talfit prison.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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