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Human Rights Council's 40th Session: Priorities to protect free expression (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News February 23, 2019

Discussions around preventing the abuse of counter-terrorism laws, protecting the safety of journalists, and combatting religious intolerance, must be focused on bringing practical national-level changes to protect civil society space and dissent, while routine human rights violators must be brought to account.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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