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Chris Smith: Erdogan is waging a war on journalists, and again Joel Simon will talk about the fact that they are the single largest…

On the recordMay 15, 2019
Erdogan is waging a war on journalists, and again Joel Simon will talk about the fact that they are the single largest jailer of journalists in the world and that is appalling.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith highlights Turkey's repression of journalists under Erdogan.

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