The entire print-run of two Sudanese newspapers were seized by The National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) yesterday. Al-Tayar and...
Sudan: Newspapers confiscated for publishing statements by Islamist opposition leader
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Alice Purkiss
Alice Purkiss
Burma: Dissident monk prosecuted
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