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AFEX condemns detention and deportation of CIPESA executive director (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News May 1, 2019

Tanzanian authorities prevented Dr. Wairagala Wakabi, executive director of CIPESA, from attending the commemoration of the Tanzania Human Rights Defenders' Day when they arrested him upon arrival in the country and deported him back to Uganda several hours later.
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