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2018: A dark year for press freedom (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News December 22, 2018

"There is a growing movement, including in countries once seen as guarantors of fundamental rights, aimed at destroying the press as an institution of democracy", IPI said.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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