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– Oman's new penal code targets activists and public freedoms (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News January 19, 2018

The new law contains several vaguely-defined articles that could easily be used by the Internal Security Service (ISS), known for its history of human rights violations, to target human rights defenders and Internet activists, and to suffocate public freedoms.
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