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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…
Source: MEDIA FEED

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