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Rights groups condemn life sentences for three Turkish journalists

Ece Toksabay and Dasha Afanasieva Reuters

10:25 a.m. CST, November 6, 2013

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Rights groups accused Turkey's courts of using anti-terrorism laws to silence dissent on Wednesday after three journalists were handed life sentences for alleged links to a banned far-leftist organization.

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