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– Three Belarusian bloggers detained for criticizing government policies (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News January 3, 2017

Reporters Without Borders calls for the immediate release of three bloggers – Dzmitry Alimkin, Yury Paulavets and Syarhey Shyptsenka – who have been held by the Belarusian authorities for the past three weeks for criticizing the government’s supposed “Russophobic” tendencies.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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