Tell Priti Patel: Stop your attack on journalistic freedom
Journalists who share leaks of official information should not face life imprisonment for doing their job
Mandeep Tiwana is the head of policy and research at the global civil society alliance, CIVICUS. He specialises in legislation affecting the core civil society freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly.
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