Freedom of speech
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Turkish parliament votes to lift MPs' immunity from prosecutionBallot passes with 376 votes, allowing constitutional change the pro-Kurdish opposition says could wipe it out
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81-year-old Bangladeshi-British editor held on 'farcical' charges, son saysSon of Shafik Rehman, held in Bangladesh on suspicion of sedition, says his father ‘wouldn’t hurt a mosquito’
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Wicked Campers' offensive slogans hard to ban, says expertTwo councils in northern NSW want the vans’ ‘disgusting’ messages banned and one wants to bar them from camp grounds
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North American professors' plea to President Rouhani: the full letterCancer and other chronic diseases are reportedly sweeping Iran’s prisons and inmates are routinely denied access to proper medical care. A group of prominent professors urge the President to intervene quickly
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'I must survive to seek justice,' says widow of murdered Bangladesh bloggerIn the week that an LGBT magazine founder was killed, Asha Mone speaks out about the death of her husband in August last year
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Azerbaijan detains writer Akram Aylisli at airport on way to festivalNobel nominee who suffers state persecution reportedly prevented from travelling to Incroci di Civiltà in Venice
Free speech is under attack, from Beijing to Istanbul