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– Russia: Journalist faces expulsion to Uzbekistan (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News August 4, 2017

Uzbek journalist and asylum-seeker Khodoberdi Nurmatov faces a risk of ill-treatment, including torture, if Russia returns him to Uzbekistan, Human Rights Watch said.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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