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Before sunday's historic referendum and more than 160 days after being imprisoned. >> exercising their rights to freedom of expression, they find themselves being placed on a continuum with a criminal. >> reporter: cartoonist rights group international the cartoonist faces 29 years behind bars for his cartoons. the charges are, quote, abusing trust and, "helping an armed terrorist organization, charges that erdogan takes seriously. >> it's entire possible that with these new powers he could put the measure of the death penalty to another referendum and if successful that penalty could be added...
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