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– Life after sentencing for MENA's political detainees: A December roundup (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News January 1, 2018

In December, rights advocates – both free and imprisoned – as well as press freedom and human rights groups focused on the plight of political detainees serving lengthy and unjust sentences in obscurity in the region.
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