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Governments across continent take punitive actions against critical media (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News March 23, 2019

Four journalists have been arbitrarily arrested and detained since January 2019, another journalist sentenced to a year in prison while one media house has been suspended for critical reportage about state officials.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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