Joint Letter from the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) and the Pacific Freedom Forum (PFF)
To: The Honourable La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt
Prime Minister of the Government of Samoa
Apia, Samoa
Cc: - Agafili Shem Leo, CEO of the Ministry of the...
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