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Ankara's ongoing ban on LGBTQI+ events (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News February 15, 2019

Originally imposed in November 2017 under Turkey's state of emergency, the ban remains in place despite the end of emergency rule in July 2018.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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