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– Mass jailings and parallels in impunity: Europe and Central Asia in March (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News April 2, 2018

The latest on Turkey's judicial attacks on free expression, parallels in murders of Ján Kuciak and Daphne Caruana Galizia, a feminist news website, artists and musicians prosecuted in Spain, elections in Russia, Hungary and Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan releases the world's longest-imprisoned journalist, Belarus and Kyrgyzstan resume a downward trajectory….
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