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– Cheers and jeers: Tainted elections, Liu Xia's release, and court rulings in the Asia-Pacific (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News July 31, 2018

Pakistanis and Cambodians vote amid claims of irregularities; Chinese poet Liu Xia is free; Malaysia withdraws sedition cases against cartoonist Zunar; disappointing court rulings in Burma and Indonesia; and Singapore holds its 10th Pink Dot LGBTQI+ event.
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