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New to @AtRiskArtist's network? Find out about the latest projects and updates from a community that seeks to defend and support artistic freedom in our latest newsletter: https://t.co/c5NgMDoCbR @UNESCO @BelarusFreeTheatre @CCdeTeatro @ncacensorship @SilvanosVhitori

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3+ yrs ago, #PressFreedom comrade ⁦@ErolOnderoglu⁩ was arrested shortly after I saw him at a meeting in Berlin. He & colleagues have faced absurd charges + judicial harassment since then for defending #FreeExpression in Turkey. I welcome their long overdue acquittal today!

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Year-long effort by the @washingtonpost and the @wvgazettemail to gain access to a DEA database comes to fruition, revealing gargantuan scale of the opioid crisis: https://t.co/SRObW4q8q9.

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