Tag: Journalist
Bangladesh urged to drop charges against Journalist
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Amnesty International
Bangladeshi authorities must immediately and unconditionally drop trumped-up charges against a prominent journalist who could be jailed for more than a decade for a Facebook post, human rights NGO Amnesty International stated.
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Criminal defamation case against Journalist heard by East African Court
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Robert Ssewankambo
The East African Court of Justice (EACJ) in Arusha, Tanzania last week began hearing a case in which a Ugandan journalist, the late Ronald Ssembuusi, challenged criminal defamation. A panel of five Judges led by the Principal Judge of the Court, Justice Monica Mugenyi presided over the hearing.
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