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AFEX urges President Mnangagwa to end crackdown on free expression and assembly rights (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News January 18, 2019

AFEX denounces in particular, the use of lethal force against protesters resulting in the alleged killing of at least five persons with several reported injuries. AFEX has also received reports of arbitrary arrest and detention of protesters.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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