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    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:40:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iran - Translator and poet arrested, whereabouts unknown]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iran/2012/02/09/nia_arrested/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[According to a source close to his family, Mohammad Soleimani Nia has been under pressure since November 2011, when he was questioned by security officers. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iran/2012/02/09/nia_arrested/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Nigeria - Airport officials lock out journalists, hold equipment]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/nigeria/2012/02/09/journalists_locked_out/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Officials of the State Security Service and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs protocol department have denied over 60 journalists reporting from the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos access to their cameras, voice recorders and other tools of their trade.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/nigeria/2012/02/09/journalists_locked_out/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cuba - Blogger denied travel to Brazil]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/cuba/2012/02/09/sanchez_travel_denied/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[It was, according to the blogger, the 19th time Cuban officials have turned down her request to leave the island. As in the past, officials gave no reason for the rejection.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/cuba/2012/02/09/sanchez_travel_denied/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - Authorities urged to grant entry to journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2012/02/09/journalists_denied_entry/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Authorities have rejected at least six journalists' applications for entry visas ahead of the anniversary of antigovernment protests that swept the country in February 2011.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2012/02/09/journalists_denied_entry/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Journalist detained for questioning after publishing open letter to Putin]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2012/02/09/glasnost_defence_foundation/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mikhail Lobanov believes he is being pressured to protect one of his attackers in an earlier beating - the son of a regional inspector - from criminal liability.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2012/02/09/glasnost_defence_foundation/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - PEN American Center concerned over "virtual lockdown" on freedom of expression]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2012/02/09/internet_cut/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Foreign journalists have been prevented from covering police clashes with citizens in Sichuan Province and Tibetan-language print shops, blogs and websites have been shut down.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2012/02/09/internet_cut/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mauritania - ANHRI condemns detention of activist]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mauritania/2012/02/09/biran_detained/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Wan Biran, coordinator of the Do Not Touch My Nationality movement, was detained while visiting his brother in the National Hospital.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mauritania/2012/02/09/biran_detained/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ecuador - Local media team banned from covering referendum vote counting]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ecuador/2012/02/09/local_media_banned/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Journalist Carlos Sosa questioned the officers’ decision saying they had discriminated against Telecosta and other Emeraldas’ media outlets to give preference to national media teams who were allowed to do their work unimpeded.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ecuador/2012/02/09/local_media_banned/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Egypt - Journalists attacked, threatened in Suez protests]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/egypt/2012/02/09/journalists_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Journalists covering political unrest in the Egyptian port city of Suez have been subjected to at least 10 attacks over a four-day period, according to news reports.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/egypt/2012/02/09/journalists_attacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia - Journalist flees country following detention order over tweets]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2012/02/09/kashgari_flees_country/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Hamza Kashgari posted several tweets about the birth of prophet Mohamed, and was surprised to find severe attacks on him by clergymen and some Saudi citizens who were angered by what he had written.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/saudi_arabia/2012/02/09/kashgari_flees_country/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[South Sudan - Journalist assaulted in Parliament]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/south_sudan/2012/02/09/ngor_assaulted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Bakhita Radio journalist Mading Ngor was removed the country’s National Assembly while covering a session and later allegedly assaulted by security guards, according to news reports.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/south_sudan/2012/02/09/ngor_assaulted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ecuador - Fundamedios and AEDEP challenge constitutionality of amendments to Democracy Code]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ecuador/2012/02/09/fundamedios_aedep/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[They requested the provisional suspension of the challenged regulations, arguing that allowing them to come into force would constitute an affront towards the provisions of the Constitution and international treaties concerning human rights currently in force in Ecuador.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ecuador/2012/02/09/fundamedios_aedep/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Journalist killed in Homs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/02/09/journalist_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mazhar Tayyara, a stringer for Agence France-Presse and other international outlets,  sustained multiple severe injuries when government forces fired on the city of Homs and died hours later at the hospital.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/02/09/journalist_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[United States - Accreditation disputes at center of journalists' arrests in U.S.]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/united_states/2012/02/09/accreditation_disputes/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Across the country, police repeatedly refused to acknowledge as a journalist anyone who did not have what they considered to be official accreditation, leaving freelancers and new media journalists particularly vulnerable, CPJ reported.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/united_states/2012/02/09/accreditation_disputes/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kuwait - Electoral campaign marred by attacks, prosecutions against media]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/02/09/kuwait_vote_campaign/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Three daily papers and a television station are under threat of judicial proceedings launched by the information minister, Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al Ali Al Sabah.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/02/09/kuwait_vote_campaign/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Amid fresh bombing, security forces torture children, says Human Rights Watch]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/02/08/children_tortured_journalist_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Syria's bloody crackdown on dissent does not discriminate by age: children as young as 13 have been detained and tortured with impunity by Syrian forces fighting opposition protests, documents Human Rights Watch in a new report.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/02/08/children_tortured_journalist_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kazakhstan - Editor's detention exposes regime's crushing of dissent in wake of December violence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kazakhstan/2012/02/08/vinyavsky_detained/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Igor Vinyavsky, the editor-in-chief of one of the last remaining independent national newspapers in Kazakhstan, has a long history of being a thorn in the side of the Kazakh government. So IFEX members called his detention last month by Kazakhstan's security services "politically motivated." Adil Soz and 28 other IFEX members are rallying together for his release - and to draw attention to the growing trend of silencing those critical of the government in the wake of violent protests in Zhanaozen last December.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kazakhstan/2012/02/08/vinyavsky_detained/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Philippines - UN declares defamation conviction a free expression violation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/philippines/2012/02/08/unhcr_ruling/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In a case that could have global implications, the UN Human Rights Committee for the first time has found that jailing a writer for libel represents a violation of freedom of expression, report the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) in the Philippines and the International Press Institute (IPI).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/philippines/2012/02/08/unhcr_ruling/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Americas - OAS adopts proposals that could weaken role of free expression special rapporteur]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/americas/2012/02/08/ecuador_proposals_adopted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Organization of American States (OAS) Permanent Council adopted the proposals of a working group that could be used to threaten the authority of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression, report IFEX's Latin American and Caribbean group (IFEX-ALC), the International Press Institute (IPI) and other IFEX members.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/americas/2012/02/08/ecuador_proposals_adopted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Journalists attacked by men at funeral]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2012/02/08/journalists_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Six men attacked a group of journalists seeking information pertaining to the killing of a 16-year old girl.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2012/02/08/journalists_attacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[International - Have your say: What should the global standards for free expression be?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/international/2012/02/08/free_speech_debate/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Internet and mobile phones have opened up endless possibilities for free expression. But how best should we use this freedom? What limits should there be and what should be regulated by law? And who should decide? Oxford University has launched a multilingual platform, <a href="http://www.freespeechdebate.com" target="new">Free Speech Debate</a>, to debate global norms for free expression - and wants you to join the conversation.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/international/2012/02/08/free_speech_debate/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[International - Nominate a woman for Courage in Journalism Awards]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/international/2012/02/08/iwmf_courage_in_journalism/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) is seeking nominations for its 2012 Courage in Journalism Awards, which honour women reporters around the world whose work puts them in danger. The deadline for nominations is 2 March 2012. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/international/2012/02/08/iwmf_courage_in_journalism/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uganda - Court acquits “Daily Monitor” editors]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uganda/2012/02/08/monitor_editors_acquitted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A Kampala court threw out forgery charges against managing editor Daniel Kalinaki and political editor Henry Ochieng.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uganda/2012/02/08/monitor_editors_acquitted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ecuador - Fundamedios condemns million-dollar fines against journalists Calderón and Zurita]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ecuador/2012/02/08/fundamedios_condena_millonaria/</link>
      <description><![CDATA["We alert the international community to this attempt to silence Ecuadorian journalists. This sentence is no more than a warning of what can happen to those who dare to investigate and denounce cases of corruption during the exercise of power," says Fundamedios.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ecuador/2012/02/08/fundamedios_condena_millonaria/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - IFJ Press Freedom in China Campaign Bulletin - February 2012]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/02/08/ifj_campaign_bulletin/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IFJ issues its February 2012 bulletin on the state of press freedom in China.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/02/08/ifj_campaign_bulletin/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Maldives - New government must guarantee safety and rights of journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/maldives/2012/02/08/maldives_new_government/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[After members of the police and army linked to the opposition staged a mutiny and forced President Mohamed Nasheed to resign, members of the police also stormed the headquarters of the state TV station and took control there.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/maldives/2012/02/08/maldives_new_government/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Yemen - Journalists receive death threats; news media attacked]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/yemen/2012/02/08/death_threats/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Four journalists and activist bloggers are currently under threat from a fatwa issued at the start of February by senior clerics which explicitly calls for their deaths and for the closure of the newspapers and websites that carried their articles.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/yemen/2012/02/08/death_threats/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Palestine - MADA condemns escalating campaign against journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/palestine/2012/02/08/escalating_campaign/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Israeli forces raided the house of Suhaib Al-A’sa, arrested him and confiscated his mobile phones, recorder and his camera’s memory cards.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/palestine/2012/02/08/escalating_campaign/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bolivia - ANP censura agresión a director de radioemisora]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bolivia/2012/02/08/anp_censura/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bolivia/2012/02/08/anp_censura/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tunisia - Confirmation of court order could lead to return of Internet censorship]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/tunisia/2012/02/08/internet_filtering/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[As the Tunisian Internet Agency has neither the financial resources nor technical capacity to establish a filtering system, it did not comply with the August 2011 court decision and referred the case to the country’s highest appeal court.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/tunisia/2012/02/08/internet_filtering/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Government shuts HIV-prevention group's website]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2012/02/08/andrey_rylkov_fdn/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The website by the Andrey Rylkov Foundation advocates health-based drug policies and has been a vocal critic of the country's ban on methadone.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2012/02/08/andrey_rylkov_fdn/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Azerbaijan - Justice ministry harassment targets IRFS activities, says group's director]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/azerbaijan/2012/02/08/irfs_under_pressure/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Emin Huseynov says he believes a warning letter received by the ministry stems from IRFS’s activities, namely its role in the "Sing for Democracy" campaign, intended to draw international attention to the media freedom and freedom of expression situation in Azerbaijan.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/azerbaijan/2012/02/08/irfs_under_pressure/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Nigeria - French journalists detained, thrown out of restive state]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/nigeria/2012/02/07/french_journalists_detained/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[TFI journalist Jeremie Drieu and his local colleague Ahmad Salkida were in Jos to report on the recent unrest there when they were detained by soldiers who took them to a command center where they faced “increasingly hostile interrogation”, AP reported. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/nigeria/2012/02/07/french_journalists_detained/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Egypt - Rights activists risk imprisonment]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/egypt/2012/02/07/ngo_staff_trial/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On February 5, the state-run MENA news agency announced that two investigative judges hand-picked by the government had referred 40 NGO staff to trial, both Egyptian and American nationals.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/egypt/2012/02/07/ngo_staff_trial/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Journalists' Twitter accounts hacked after posting controversial photos]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2012/02/07/twitter_hackers/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Alberto Rodríguez and Orian Brito posted images of armed children on their Twitter accounts and have, in the past, been critical of President Chávez.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2012/02/07/twitter_hackers/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Egypt - ANHRI condemns attacks on protestors, raid on residential building]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/egypt/2012/02/07/raids_on_houses/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Security services used excessive force against protesters headed towards the ministry of interior, arresting dozens and injuring hundreds.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/egypt/2012/02/07/raids_on_houses/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mexico - Agentes estatales agreden a reportero de "Noroeste"]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2012/02/07/salomon_agreden/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2012/02/07/salomon_agreden/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kazakhstan - Twenty-nine IFEX members call for release of independent newspaper editor]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kazakhstan/2012/02/07/vinyavsky_appeal/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Twenty-nine IFEX members have signed a letter to the Prosecutor General about the detention of editor Igor Vinyavsky, whose detention is believed to be politically motivated, calling for him to be released and for the evidence leading to his arrest to be made public.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kazakhstan/2012/02/07/vinyavsky_appeal/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cameroon - Coup charges against writer dropped, still faces military tribunal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/cameroon/2012/02/07/coup_charges_dropped/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[There have been worrying allegations that the evidence against Enoh Meyomesse is fabricated.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/cameroon/2012/02/07/coup_charges_dropped/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Journalist harassed by police after publishing interview with subversive leader]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/02/07/infante_harassed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[After he published the interview, Carlos Infante said that the former defense minister accused him of belonging to Sendero Luminoso (a terrorist group) and using his position as a journalist to act as a sounding board for terrorism.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/02/07/infante_harassed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka - FMM voices concern over allegations in "Dinamina" newspaper article]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/sri_lanka/2012/02/07/ancl_challenge/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The article refers to an alleged conspiracy between the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and the FMM and claims a joint delegation plans to mobilise agitations against the government and cause embarrassment for Sri Lanka during the upcoming UNHRC sessions in Geneva.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/sri_lanka/2012/02/07/ancl_challenge/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iran - Blogger sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment, newspaper suspended]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iran/2012/02/07/khazali_sentenced/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Tehran revolutionary court sentenced Mehdi Khazali to 14 years’ imprisonment, 10 years’ internal exile in the south-western city of Borazjan and 70 lashes.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iran/2012/02/07/khazali_sentenced/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tunisia - Court urged to drop prison sentence given to journalist
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/tunisia/2012/02/07/aljaridi_defamation/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[An appeals court should throw out the prison sentence against journalist Abdel Aziz al-Jaridi at a 10 February hearing and authorities should use his case as an opportunity to break from the repressive practices of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's era, CPJ said.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/tunisia/2012/02/07/aljaridi_defamation/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[France - Documentary filmmaking threatened by court ruling]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/france/2012/02/07/france_affaire_le_mur/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A court in the northern city of Lille has ordered documentary filmmaker Sophie Robert to remove interviews with three psychoanalysts from her film about the treatment of autism and to pay them a large sum in damages for “misrepresenting” their views.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/france/2012/02/07/france_affaire_le_mur/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[India - Danish journalists refused visas]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/india/2012/02/07/danish_journalists_banned/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[While no explanation was provided for the Indian embassy's refusal to grant visas to Tom Heinemman and his wife and camera operator Lotte La Cour, it is believed that documentaries by the filmmaker aired on Danmarks Radio are behind the ban.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/india/2012/02/07/danish_journalists_banned/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iran - Arrest sweeps target Arab minority]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iran/2012/02/06/iran_arrest_sweeps_target/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[At least some of the arrests in Khuzestan province were reportedly in response to anti-government slogans and graffiti expressing sympathy for the Arab Spring and calling for a boycott of the parliamentary elections.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iran/2012/02/06/iran_arrest_sweeps_target/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tunisia - Rapper arrested, detained, for lyrics critical of outcome of revolution]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/tunisia/2012/02/06/almarabty_arrested/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Anis Al-Marabty was arrested at his home by plainclothes officers who, after asking him if he was the author of the song "Shy Matbadel" [Nothing has changed], confiscated his computer and took him to an unknown location.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/tunisia/2012/02/06/almarabty_arrested/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Senior newspaper staff fired for reporting inflation concerns]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/02/06/editorial_team_fired/</link>
      <description><![CDATA["Biancheng Evening Newspaper" reported that residents in Huaihua, Hunan province, were unhappy with inflation levels and the city's failure to host a celebration for the Lunar New Year. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/02/06/editorial_team_fired/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Americas - Civil society organisations call for careful evaluation of OAS Working Group recommendations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/americas/2012/02/06/carta_abierta/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The IFEX-ALC and the Regional Alliance for Freedom of Expression and Information call for a careful evaluation of certain recommendations that could impact the mandate of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/americas/2012/02/06/carta_abierta/</guid>
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