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Oct 2023
30m 46s

Jailed Iranian human rights activist awa...

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The committee hailed Narges Mohammadi's fight for freedom and democracy. She is currently serving a decade-long sentence for offences including propaganda against the state. Also: UN says every family in Ukraine village of Hroza has been affected by Thursday's attack, and new evidence shows we arrived in the Americas far earlier than previously thought. 
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