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7,000 Turks taken into custody in 2018 for social media posts, an IFEX member on hunger strike and the Yellow Vests (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News January 3, 2019

Europe and Central Asia in December: Mass protests in France and Hungary, Russia wants its own Internet; state media attacks independent journalists across the region; Greek broadcaster points finger at government over bombing; investigation into shooting of Olivera Lakic stalls; black women 84% more likely to be targeted by online trolls than white women….
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