The crisis in the country worsened in the last six months with mass protests against the government's policies and state corruption. The protests resulted in almost three dozen deaths and some one hundred injuries, among them a news photographer in an incident that brought attention to the constant danger that the press faces.
Source: MEDIA FEED
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