The media in East Africa is facing a shrinking of press freedom with independent media bearing the brunt of a clampdown by governments.
Stringent new media laws that leave the media with little wiggle room, and state agencies continue to jail, arbitrarily arrest and harass journalists, with some being beaten and even killed.
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