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– Azerbaijan calls snap general election whilst cracking down on rights (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News February 7, 2018

President Aliyev calls snap election for April 2018 but ongoing human rights abuses undermine any meaningful prospect of free and fair elections.
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