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Burma government urged to reverse conviction of Reuters journalists (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News January 12, 2019

Burma's high court upheld the seven-year jail sentences of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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