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– Snap elections, SLAPP sentences and a Holocaust law: Free expression in Europe and Central Asia in February (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News February 27, 2018

A devastating precedent in Turkey, Insta-blocked in Russia, a snap election in Azerbaijan, rappers prosecuted in Spain, Poland's Holocaust Law, 'intimidating' public officials, Hungary's 'Stop Soros' laws, SLAPPs, bloggers sentenced in Belarus, women journalists forced to strip in Ukraine…
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