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– Turning up the heat on Europe's authoritarians in June (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News June 30, 2017

Turkey's EU accession talks at risk, press watchdogs and protection for whistleblowers, a missed opportunity in Central Asia, Hungary's 'foreign agents law', abducted and missing journalists, ECHR damns Russia on LGBTQI+, anti-corruption protests and more….
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