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– Nabeel Rajab must be immediately and unconditionally released (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News December 20, 2016

53 NGOs urge the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Special Rapporteurs on Freedom of Expression and on Human Rights Defenders to call for Nabeel Rajab's release.
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