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– A baby behind bars, autocrats re-elected and Malta in the spotlight of shame: Europe and Central Asia in April (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News May 3, 2018

EU lawmakers turn up the heat on Malta; Turkey jails journalists, teachers and a baby; Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan target digital freedom; IFEX members' successful advocacy in Kyrgyzstan; OSF could pull out of Hungary; mass protests and political turmoil in Armenia…
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