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Cameroonian journalist Samuel Wazizi, who was arrested in August for criticizing the government's handling of a separatist revolt, has died in detention, rights group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has said. Read more about it here: https://bit.ly/2UeRkIY
Join @EuropaEditions for an exclusive advance reading of #ElenaFerrante’s forthcoming novel on Tuesday 6/23 with Ferrante’s international publishers, translators, and celebrity fans. All donations go directly to PEN America’s Writers’ Emergency Fund! http://bit.ly/2TsSCzC
Mexicans have responded with outrage after a man was found beaten to death hours after he was arrested by police officers for not wearing a face mask in public. Anti-police protests erupted on Thursday in Guadalajara, the country’s second-largest city. https://bit.ly/2UeRcJu