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Dozens Of Journalists Arrested In Sudan

Sudanese authorities today arrested some 70 journalists as they took part in a demonstration in front of the parliament in Khartoum.

The demonstrators were protesting against press censorship, and calling on MPs to institute press freedom in the country.

Source: Sudan Tribune, Sudan, November 17, 2008

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