Azerbaijan
Two more Azerbaijani journalists detained as media crackdown continues
Both journalists were reportedly brutally beaten during their detention.
Protests against Georgia’s foreign agent law have moved to the Government Chancellery in Tbilisi after parliament approved the bill in its first hearing.
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