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Twenty-seven women journalists held in appalling conditions (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News March 8, 2019

On International Women's Day, Reporters Without Borders shines the spotlight on detained women journalists who have been tortured, sexually assaulted or otherwise held in inhumane conditions.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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