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Cypriot freelance journalist receives death threats after criticising president’s vaccine stance

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Cypriot freelance journalist and Reporters Without Borders Cyprus correspondent Esra Aygin revealed that she had received death threats on social media after a post criticizing Northern Cyprus President Ersin Tatar over the provision of COVID-19 vaccines from the EU during the pandemic.

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