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– Death threats an everyday reality for Swedish journalists (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News March 6, 2017

A spectre that has haunted Swedish journalism for decades is anti-democratic extremism, a phenomenon given new impetus by the rise of mainstream nationalist politics in recent years.
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