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– A permanent state of emergency by any name is no substitute for respecting human rights (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News August 24, 2018

44 civil society organizations are calling on Turkey to provide a true end to the rights restrictions of the recently formally ended state of emergency.
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