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– Turkey's constitutional court orders release of journalists Mehmet Altan and Şahin Alpay (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News January 12, 2018

The decision came as the European Court of Human Rights was close to issuing its own ruling on the petitions filed by Altan and Alpay, which were backed by RSF and other NGOs. Altan has been held since September 2016 and Alpay since July 2016.
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