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– Turkey: Austrian journalist Max Zirngast arrested on terrorism-related charges (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News September 13, 2018

Arrested on 12 September, Zirngast has written critically about the Turkish government and on sensitive Turkish-Kurdish issues.
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