Photo courtesy of: Alex Saurel@flickr The two French journalists who were sentenced to prison in West Papua and were detained for 11 weeks returned home on Friday 31 October. While the French journalists have been released, some of the people they interviewed and talked with are still being kept in detention according to Reporters Without Borders. Below is an article published by Pacific Scoop:
Photo courtesy of: Alex Saurel@flickr The two French journalists who were sentenced to prison in West Papua and were detained for 11 weeks returned home on Friday 31 October. While the French journalists...
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