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– PEN Case List documents increasing threats to free expression worldwide (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News June 3, 2018

From cases of harassment, arrests, attacks, imprisonments and killings of writers and journalists around the world – it is clear that the space for free expression is sharply shrinking.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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