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		<title>United Arab Emirates: three years since arrest of Ahmed Mansoor</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Azerbaijan: Imprisoned writer Rashad Ramazanov ends hunger strike</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Russia: take action for Oleg Sentsov</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Russia: Oleg Sentsov declares he intends to end hunger strike</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Russia: Oleg Sentsov in critical condition</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Russia: take action for Oleg Sentsov on his birthday</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Russia: PEN publishes Oleg Sentsov&#8217;s short stories in translation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>G7: urgent appeal on behalf of Ukrainian writer and filmmaker Oleg Sentsov</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Russia: filmmaker and writer Oleg Sentsov announces hunger strike</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Bahrain: NGOs call for release of Dr Al-Singace</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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