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– Egypt: Planned presidential vote neither free nor fair (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News February 16, 2018

Fourteen international and regional rights organisations accuse the Egyptian government of trampling over even the minimum requirements for free and fair elections for the planned March 2018 vote.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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