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– Russian editor Igor Rudnikov held for 100 days on trumped up charges (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News February 9, 2018

The editor of the independent newspaper Novye Kolsea has been in pre-trial detention since November 2017 on dubious charges of extortion.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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