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– Europe: Murder in Nizhny Novgorod – and has Turkey's state of emergency really ended? (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News July 31, 2018

Europe and Central Asia: Journalist murdered in Russia, ECHR rules in favour of Pussy Riot and Anna Politkovskaya, CoE members expelled following Azerbaijani bribery scandal, IFEX member held incommunicado, UK surveillance and more in our round-up of July's free expression news.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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