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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Christophe Deloire, the head of media freedom group Reporters Without Borders, has died. He was 53

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Christophe Deloire, who negotiated to free imprisoned journalists around the world and offered refuge to reporters under threat as the head of media freedom group Reporters Without Borders, died Saturday. He was 53.

Deloire had been battling sudden and aggressive cancer and died in Paris surrounded by loved ones, according to board members of Reporters Without Borders, also known by its French acronym RSF.

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