Samoa’s police chief calls for government to repeal criminal defamation law
By Joyetter Feagaimaali’i
Samoa’s police chief wants the Pacific island country’s government to repeal a criminal libel law that has been criticised as a...
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Micronesia nations will go to Forum meeting armed with demands
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