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Media and FoE crackdown in Benin intensifies over 2 week period (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News May 10, 2019

In an intensified crackdown on freedom of expression and media freedom in Benin, 2 protestors were killed, a journalist arrested and detained and the internet temporarily shutdown.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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