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– Asia-Pacific welcomes the new year – with declining freedom, rights, and democracy (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News February 2, 2018

A disturbing regional trend in 2017 is still evident in the first month of the new year, which featured a threat to close down Rappler news website in the Philippines, the revival of criminal libel law in Samoa, and the filing of a draconian espionage bill in Australia.
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