Samoa PM bans only daily newspaper from press briefings
Samoa's Prime Minister has suspended the Samoa Observer from press conferences, triggering widespread condemnation and raising serious press freedom concerns in the Pacific nation.
Samoa's Prime Minister has suspended the Samoa Observer from press conferences, triggering widespread condemnation and raising serious press freedom concerns in the Pacific nation.
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