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– March madness: Mass arrests among growing assaults on assembly and media rights (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News March 29, 2017

Mass arrests in Belarus and Russia, Turkey's constitutional referendum, Dunja Mijatović leaves office, government-led attacks on civil society, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan continue to persecute the press…..
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