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Live From the Barracks: Three Juntas Launch TV Channel

Three African countries have started Tafouk TV, a Russia-partnered broadcast channel, after throwing out Western journalists and cracking down on local media.

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At a news conference in Bamako, Mali, in May. Military juntas have taken over Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger in recent years, cracking down on journalists and struggling to stop extremist groups like Al Qaeda.
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Egypt Arrests 6 Matsaddash Journalists on Claims of Spreading Disinformation

The government claims that reporters from Matsaddash, a well-known news outlet that debunks false reports, spread disinformation for the banned Muslim Brotherhood.

© Tara Todras-Whitehill for The New York Times

The Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque in Cairo, which was the center of a Muslim Brotherhood protest in 2013.
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Hong Kong Journalist Arrested After Covering Gathering Linked to 2019 Protests

The national security police detained Tang Ho-wing, founder of the independent outlet Boom News, according to local media and watchdog groups.

© Lam Yik Fei for The New York Times

Riot police officers clashing with protesters in Hong Kong in 2019. Tang Ho-wing covered a gathering that marked the anniversary of the storming of Prince Edward station by riot police.
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