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– Turkey: "Cumhuriyet" editor's three-year jail term called "height of absurdity" (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News November 22, 2017

As Oğuz Güven, editor of the Cumhuriyet newspaper's website, has appealed against his conviction, he remains for the time being on conditional release.
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