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MISA-Zimbabwe condemns police deliberate attack on 263Chat journalists (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News April 6, 2019

Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers intentionally shot three teargas canisters into the offices of a local media organisation in Harare and then barricaded the doors preventing staff from exiting.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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