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Philippines student journalist forced to apologize after criticizing Duterte government online

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A campus journalist from the University of the East (UE) was allegedly forced to issue a public apology on Sunday, April 5, after he wrote a Facebook post criticizing the government’s efforts in handling the coronavirus pandemic in the country.

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