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– Concerns about UK press freedom raised in submission to UN Human Rights Council (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News May 5, 2017

In September 2016, RSF submitted a contribution to the UN Human Rights Council underscoring press freedom concerns in the U.K. This worrying trend has worsened in the months following this submission.
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