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The other honorees were Patrícia Campos Mello, a journalist at a Brazilian publication, Folha de S. Paulo; Neha Dixit, a freelance investigative journalist in India; two Nicaraguan broadcast journalists, Lucía Pineda Ubau and Miguel Mora, who were imprisoned for 172 days on false charges; and Maxence Melo Mubyazi, a journalist in Tanzania.
- ↑ "U.S. Embassy Congratulates Maxence Melo on International Press Freedom Award". U.S. Embassy in Tanzania. 2019-07-18. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
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