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26/01/2020 - Samoan PM Tuilaepa attacks Observer over criticism of media ban - Asian Pacific Report 

08/09/2019 - Samoa media group calls for rethink of proposed law to criminalise Government leakers - Pina 

29/08/2019 - Seven years' jail for leaking government documents will chill journalism - Pina

23/02/2019 - Samoa asked to drop criminal charges against blogger 'King Faipopo' - Ifex

27/08/2018 - SAMOA: JAWS president backs call to abolish criminal libel law - Pacific Media Centre

23/07/2018 - Samoa Govt moving ahead with digital TV - Radio NZ

14/04/2018 - Group advises government against Facebook ban - Samoa Observer

30/03/2018 - Samoa PM threatens to ban social media - Radio New Zealand

10/01/2018 - PM keen on media divulging sources - Radio New Zealand

09/01/2018 - Samoa government criticised for lack of consultation on criminal libel - Radio New Zealand

20/12/2017 - Parliament votes to bring back criminal libel law over social media - Pacific Media Centre

21/11/2017 - Social media crackdown worries Samoan journalists - ABC News

21/11/2017 - Samoa libel law proposal worries journalists - Radio New Zealand

01/05/2017 - Let media council address free speech concerns, Samoa police urged - IFEX

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