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 NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Hundreds of journalists wearing black gags marched silently through Kenya's capital Wednesday to protest a proposed law that would allow courts to compel reporters to reveal their sources.
Several radio stations aired music or talk shows instead of morning news broadcasts in protest against the bill, which an international media rights watchdog said would be "disastrous" for democracy.
"Gagging the media is the first sign of a dictatorship," said Macharia Gaitho, an editor at The Nation newspaper. "The media is the voice of society and it cannot be silenced."
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