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– Death in custody of a Nobel laureate, sentencing bloggers, and Pakistan's UN review (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News August 1, 2017

Last month in the Asia-Pacific region saw the death of China's most renowned political prisoner, harsh convictions against dissident bloggers in Vietnam, threats to encryption in Australia, concerns about PNG's cybercrime act, the first ever review of Pakistan's human rights record by the UN Human Rights Committee, and more.
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