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On April 20 Hong Kong authorities arrested some of the most prominent anti-China activists. The need to clear the streets to protect public health during the COVID-19 outbreak provided the authorities an opportunity to cripple the protest movement that had spread across the country beginning in mid-2019. Chinese officials in Hong Kong have also called for improved national security education in the city and for the passage of a national security law giving law enforcement and prosecutors…
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Tanzania's Communication Regulatory Authority punished three TV stations for airing content that was "misleading and untrue" about the government's strategy on fighting coronavirus. Critics believe that TCRA objected to a report that criticised President John Magufuli for saying that churches should remain open on the basis that "coronavirus cannot survive in a church".
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-52214740
Writer: Dickens Olewe
Publication: BBC