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– Women in the headlines – for all the wrong reasons – plus a round-up of the region's latest free expression news (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News October 2, 2018

MENA in September: Two high profile Iraqi women assassinated by unknown gunmen; Nasrin Sotoudeh’s hunger strike; Iran targets dual citizens, foreign nationals; campaigning for Saudi women’s rights activists; plus Bahrain, Egypt, Yemen and Syria.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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