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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Nicaragua withdraws from UNESCO in protest at press freedom award

UNESCO Nicaragua Withdraws - (Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

UNESCO on Sunday announced the withdrawal of Nicaragua from the U.N. cultural and educational body because of the awarding of a UNESCO prize celebrating press freedom to a Nicaraguan newspaper, La Prensa.

UNESCO’s director general, Audrey Azoulay, announced that she had received a letter Sunday morning from the Nicaraguan government announcing its withdrawal because of the attribution of the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.

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