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IFEX Digest | 17 - 18 February 2010

Africa

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Mauritania

Hanafi Ould Dah senteced to two years (ANHRI)

Nigeria

CPJ condemns police harassment of "Desert Herald" editor (CPJ)
+ WAN-IFRA condemns prosecution of Nigerian publisher (WAN-IFRA)

Zimbabwe

Mexican journalist arrested in Zimbabwe despite proper accreditation (IPI)

Media remain muzzled as attempts at reform fail, says Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch)

Privately-owned newspaper "The Zimbabwean" harassed (RSF)

Americas

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Colombia

"Cambio" magazine moves away from political news, its managers say the change is a result of their critical editorial stance (FLIP)

Day of the Journalist : Little progress seen, journalists still in danger (RSF)

Mexico

New special prosecutor must focus political will in one of world's deadliest places for journalists, says ARTICLE 19 (ARTICLE 19)
+ IAPA considers reorganization of special prosecutor’s office in Mexico a certainty (IAPA)

Europe and Central Asia

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Russia

Website suffers hacker attack after posting interview with murdered rights activist (CJES)

Serbia

City of Pirot withdraws financial support for Serbian weekly "Pirotske Novine" after critical reporting

Turkey

Twenty-one year prison sentence for Kurdish editor Özen (BIANET)

Ukraine

Weekly's journalists resign in protest over editorial interference (IMI)

Middle East and North Africa

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Egypt

Community development association member detained for speaking out against forced marriages (ANHRI)

Yasser Barakat receives two imprisonment sentences (ANHRI)

Iraq

Journalist kidnapped (RSF)
+ No news of kidnapped Iraqi reporter, source tells IPI (IPI)

Independent journalists harassed, attacked in Kurdistan election run-up (RSF)

Libya

Four journalists arrested, later released (RSF)

Palestine

MADA condemns military court's decision to imprison journalist for a year and a half (MADA)
+ West Bank court sentences Palestinian journalist to 18 months in prison (RSF)

Journalists' groups demand release of British journalist (IFJ)

Saudi Arabia

For the second time in two months, Iranian channel barred on Arabsat (ANHRI)

Yemen

Journalist shot dead at his home in northwest Yemen (IPI)