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– Monthly round-up: Law stifles whistleblowers in Germany, NGOs targeted in Hungary & more (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News January 27, 2017

Crackdowns in Turkey, Azerbaijan continue; new laws stifle media in UK, whistleblowers in Germany; foreign-funded NGOs targeted in Hungary, a Kyrgyz court confirms life sentence for investigative journalist Azimjon Askarov
Source: MEDIA FEED

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