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– Assault on press to outlive Turkey's state of emergency (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News July 12, 2018

Although the state of emergency is expected to be lifted on 18 July, the government this week dismissed 18,000 civil servants and closed three newspapers and one television station.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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