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FREEDOM HOUSE MEDIA REPORT PAINTS BLEAK PICTURE FOR CENTRAL ASIA, CAUCASUS - Read More

Date Added: April 29, 2008 09:25:02 PM
The news is bleak for media outlets in the Caucasus and Central Asia, according to an annual report released by Freedom House on April 29. And the forecast calls for periods of repression, heavy at times.

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