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Catherine Pilishvili

Catherine is a senior associate with the Europe and Central Asia programme at Human Rights Watch.

Opinion | What’s the point of Azerbaijan’s National Press Day?

When it comes to press freedoms, there’s not much to celebrate, argues Catherine Pilishvili from Human Rights Watch.

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