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shenmue

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Tue Jun 30, 2015, 02:48 AM Jun 2015

Elena Urlaeva, fearless Uzbek activist

BBC story here

From the article:

It's early morning in a town near the Uzbek capital Tashkent and a large group of local teachers are queuing for a line of buses to take them to work.

Among them is Elena Urlaeva, Uzbekistan's veteran rights activist and thorn in the side of the authorities.
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Elena Urlaeva, fearless Uzbek activist (Original Post) shenmue Jun 2015 OP
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