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    <title>IFEX - Angola</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:00:36 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - Police, security agents injure at least 14 demonstrators ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2011/12/07/protesters_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The demonstrators were protesting the 32-year rule of President José Eduardo dos Santos, whom they blame for rampant corruption, widespread poverty and political repression.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2011/12/07/protesters_attacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - Armed men threaten journalist in Cabinda]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2011/11/01/gimbi_threats/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Journalist José Manuel Gimbi has gone into hiding after several armed men raided his home and threatened him with unspecified harm. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2011/11/01/gimbi_threats/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - Journalist fined and given one-year suspended prison sentence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2011/10/13/tonet_suspended_sentence/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[William Tonet was convicted of criminal libel despite the public prosecutor withdrawing the charges and demanding the acquittal of the journalist, a request that the judge ignored.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2011/10/13/tonet_suspended_sentence/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - Human Rights Watch calls on authorities to release unfairly convicted demonstrators]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2011/09/14/release_demonstrators/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A police court in Luanda sentenced five organisers of the 3 September demonstration to three months in prison and fines and damages totalling US$1,400 for the crimes of disobedience, resistance, and "corporal offenses".]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2011/09/14/release_demonstrators/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - Journalists beaten, equipment seized]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2011/09/09/luanda_protest/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Police beat and intimidated four journalists while they were covering a major anti-government demonstration in Luanda.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2011/09/09/luanda_protest/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - Authorities block activists on way to parallel SADC summit]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2011/08/24/activists_denied_entry/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In an apparent restriction on free expression, journalists and activists trying to participate in activities planned around last week's summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in Luanda, Angola, were denied entry to the country, report the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Human Rights Watch. A parallel civil society forum was also cancelled.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2011/08/24/activists_denied_entry/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - Immigration authorities deny entry to Mozambican journalists, SADC activists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2011/08/17/sadc_restrictions/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Angola has denied entry to at least 17 members of southern African NGOs seeking to participate in a civil-society forum ahead of the summit and has confiscated advocacy documents from Zimbabwean activists, according to news reports.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2011/08/17/sadc_restrictions/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - Authorities detain journalist over report on wave of mass fainting]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2011/08/08/tiago_detained/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Police officers in the capital picked up Radio Ecclesia reporter Adão Tiago over a report about the fainting of some 20 students at a local school where he teaches English.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2011/08/08/tiago_detained/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - Two journalists assaulted, threatened at gunpoint after conducting interview with provincial governor]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2011/07/06/gun_point/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Nelson Sul Angola of "Angolense" and Ismael Samalata of "Folha 8" were assaulted by Faustino Muteka while interviewing him about an ongoing investigation.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2011/07/06/gun_point/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - Army generals launch lawsuit against editor]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2011/06/21/tonet_lawsuit/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[William Tonet, editor and owner of the "Folha 8" weekly, appeared before a court on charges related to an article published in 2008.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2011/06/21/tonet_lawsuit/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - Journalist beaten and arrested]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2011/06/06/mukuta_arrested/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Koqui Mukuta was reporting on a peaceful anti-governement demonstration when he was dragged into a police vehicle and taken away.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2011/06/06/mukuta_arrested/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - Human Rights Watch calls for withdrawal of cybercrime bill
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2011/05/16/cybercrime_bill/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The proposed legislation would undercut both freedom of expression and information, and pose a severe threat to independent media, whistleblowers, and investigative journalism.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 11:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2011/05/16/cybercrime_bill/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - After 33 days in prison, journalist freed on bail pending appeal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2011/04/13/chicoca_released/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Armando Chicoca was released on bail of US$2,500 pending the outcome of an appeal to the Supreme Court.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2011/04/13/chicoca_released/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - Ruling Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola obstruct independent reporting]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2011/03/18/reporting_obstructed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Police officers and clerks at the National Assembly arbitrarily denied reporters access to a public hearing of the chamber's Ethics Committee, according to local journalists. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 11:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2011/03/18/reporting_obstructed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - Death threats against opposition; arbitrary arrests of activists, journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2011/03/10/intimidation_campaign/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Human Rights Watch expressed concern at anonymous death threats against opposition politicians and human rights lawyers, arbitrary arrests of journalists and activists, and misuse of the state media for partisan political purposes.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2011/03/10/intimidation_campaign/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - Journalist gets one year in prison for defamation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2011/03/08/chicoca_sentenced/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Armando José Chicoca was sentenced over his coverage of a sexual harassment scandal that implicated Namibe province's top judicial official.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 11:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2011/03/08/chicoca_sentenced/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - New state security law restricts freedom of expression, says Human Rights Watch]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2010/12/13/security_law/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[According to Human Rights Watch, the new law falls short of Angola's international legal obligations.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 12:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2010/12/13/security_law/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - Popular radio commentator injured in stabbing]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2010/10/25/da_silva_stabbed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[António Manuel Manuel Da Silva is the third journalist since September who has been attacked for criticising the government, CPJ said.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2010/10/25/da_silva_stabbed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - First journalist murdered since 2001]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2010/09/15/home_bullet/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Neighbours and friends found Angolan journalist Alberto Graves Chakussanga at his home with a bullet in his back on 5 September. The radio journalist worked for Radio Despertar, a station that has been critical of the ruling MPLA government, report the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2010/09/15/home_bullet/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - Radio presenter gunned down]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2010/09/09/chakussanga_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Alberto Graves Chakussanga was the presenter of a programme on Radio Despertar, a station critical of the ruling MPLA government.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2010/09/09/chakussanga_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - Human Rights Watch calls on government to end case against Cabinda rights defenders]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2010/06/23/rights_defenders_trial/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Freedom of expression and peaceful assembly are at stake, Human Rights Watch noted. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2010/06/23/rights_defenders_trial/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - War on separatists used as cover to imprison rights defenders and harass journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2010/03/03/rights_defenders_jailed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Angolan government is targeting human rights defenders with intimidation, harassment and detention, says Human Rights Watch. The lethal attack on Togolese football players by Angolan separatist rebels in January was also used as an excuse to round up critics of the government. At least eight activists have been arrested since the attack and journalists have been threatened.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2010/03/03/rights_defenders_jailed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - Government urged to release Cabinda rights defenders]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2010/02/24/rights_defenders_arrested/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Three human rights defenders were arrested, apparently on political grounds, following an 8 January 2010 attack on Togolese footballers in Cabinda.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2010/02/24/rights_defenders_arrested/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - Togolese journalist killed in attack in Angola]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2010/01/13/abulo_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Stanislas Ocloo was gunned down in the attack on Togo's national soccer team's bus in the northwestern Angolan enclave of Cabinda. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2010/01/13/abulo_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - Protect press freedom for Africa Cup, Human Rights Watch urges]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2009/12/22/africa_cup/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The recent arrest of two journalists in Cabinda highlights the climate of intimidation, Human Rights Watch noted.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2009/12/22/africa_cup/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - Journalist receives three months' suspended prison sentence over article criticising soldiers]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2009/08/07/mateus_charged/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Provincial Tribunal of Luanda has sentenced journalist Eugénio Mateus to a three-month suspended prison sentence for alleged abuse of the media. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2009/08/07/mateus_charged/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - In continuing harassment, newspaper editor forbidden to leave country]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2009/05/15/editor_forbidden/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Reporters Without Borders condemns the foreign travel ban that has been placed on William Tonet, the editor of the independent Luanda-based biweekly "Folha 8" ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 12:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2009/05/15/editor_forbidden/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - Former VOA journalist sentenced to 12 years in prison for "crimes against the state" ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2008/12/10/former_voa_journalist_sentenced/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(HRW/IFEX) - The following is an abridged version of a Human Rights Watch press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:44:46 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2008/12/10/former_voa_journalist_sentenced/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - Radio station ordered to suspend broadcasts for six months]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2008/07/11/radio_station_ordered_to_suspend/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders condemns the government's decision on 8 July 2008 to suspend independent Radio Despertar's broadcasts for 180 days on the grounds that their current range, 400 km, is much more the 50 km stipulated in its licence. The suspension comes just one month before an election campaign is due to begin on 5 August.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:47:58 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2008/07/11/radio_station_ordered_to_suspend/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - One journalist sentenced for allegedly defaming former justice minister, another on trial for allegedly defaming first lady]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2008/06/25/one_journalist_sentenced_for_allegedly/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(MISA/IFEX) - On 23 June 2008, the Angolan journalist Felisberto da Grâça Campos was sentenced by an Angolan court to six months in prison for allegedly defaming former justice minister Paulo Tjipilika. The journalist was sentenced on charges of defamation, libel, and abuse of the press.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:40:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2008/06/25/one_journalist_sentenced_for_allegedly/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - Provincial radio reporter receives 30-day prison sentence for covering street vendors' protest]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2007/12/31/provincial_radio_reporter_receives/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - RSF condemns the 30-day prison sentence passed by a criminal court in the southwestern city of Namibe on 28 December 2007 against Armando Chicoca, a correspondent of the privately-owned radio station Radio Ecclesia, following his arrest during a demonstration by street vendors six days earlier.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:24:25 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2007/12/31/provincial_radio_reporter_receives/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - Newspaper editor released provisionally pending outcome of appeal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2007/11/13/newspaper_editor_released_provisionally/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders welcomes the provisional release on 9 November 2007 of Felisberto da Grâça Campos, the editor of the weekly "Semanario Angolense&quot;, pending the outcome of his appeal against the eight-month sentence he received on 3 October on charges of defaming, insulting and denigrating a former minister.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:29:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2007/11/13/newspaper_editor_released_provisionally/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - Journalist jailed for eight months for "damaging former minister's reputation"]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2007/10/05/journalist_jailed_for_eight_months/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has expressed shock as a criminal court in Luanda jailed journalist and editor Felisberto da Grâça Campos for eight months and fined him US$250,000 for allegedly insulting a former minister.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:59:55 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2007/10/05/journalist_jailed_for_eight_months/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - ARTICLE 19 calls for lifting of media restrictions prior to elections]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2007/08/01/article_19_calls_for_lifting_of/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) - The following is an ARTICLE 19 press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:59:48 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2007/08/01/article_19_calls_for_lifting_of/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - As Angola joins OPEC, Human Rights Watch calls on government to cease harassing critics of oil corruption]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2006/12/18/as_angola_joins_opec_human_rights/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(HRW/IFEX) - The following is a 15 December 2006 Human Rights Watch press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2006 13:47:03 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2006/12/18/as_angola_joins_opec_human_rights/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - NEW MEDIA LAW FAILS TO PROTECT PRESS FREEDOM]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2006/12/06/new_media_law_fails_to_protect/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Media coverage of the 2007 elections in Angola will be compromised unless the government brings its press law up to international free expression standards, warns Human Rights Watch.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 13:03:24 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2006/12/06/new_media_law_fails_to_protect/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - CAPSULE REPORT: Human Rights Watch reviews new press law, press freedom situation ahead of 2007 elections]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2006/11/16/capsule_report_human_rights_watch/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(HRW/IFEX) - The following is an HRW press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2006 09:05:31 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2006/11/16/capsule_report_human_rights_watch/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - TWO JOURNALISTS MURDERED]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2006/07/19/two_journalists_murdered/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Two Angolan journalists have been killed in the space of eight days, according to Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF). "These murders are a reminder of how Angola was an especially dangerous country for the press in the 1990s," says RSF.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2006 00:41:59 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2006/07/19/two_journalists_murdered/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - Two journalists murdered]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2006/07/18/two_journalists_murdered/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has condemned the murders of two journalists in the past 10 days. The victims were Augusto Sebastiao Domingos Pedro, the correspondent of the state-owned "Jornal de Angola&quot; in the western province of Bengo, and Benicio Wedeinge, the director of the public television station TPA in the southern province of Cunene.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jul 2006 12:41:31 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2006/07/18/two_journalists_murdered/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - ARTICLE 19 examines freedom of expression and access to information situation in light of upcoming elections]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2006/05/29/article_19_examines_freedom_of/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) - The following is a 26 May 2006 ARTICLE 19 press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 May 2006 12:50:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2006/05/29/article_19_examines_freedom_of/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - National Assembly president accuses independent media of instigating a "new civil war"]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2005/10/25/national_assembly_president_accuses/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(MISA/IFEX) - On October 12, 2005, the President of Angola's National Assembly accused local independent media of instigating a new civil war in the country.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2005 12:30:45 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2005/10/25/national_assembly_president_accuses/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - Photojournalist and newspaper censored, equipment confiscated]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2005/08/31/photojournalist_and_newspaper_censored/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(MISA/IFEX) - On 24 August 2005, Angolan police harassed and censored a photojournalist with the independent weekly "Angolense&quot;, allegedly for reporting in an area without prior authorisation.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2005 14:40:55 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2005/08/31/photojournalist_and_newspaper_censored/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - ANGOLA URGED TO REFORM PRESS, DEFAMATION LAWS]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2005/08/30/angola_urged_to_reform_press_defamation/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[International legal rights groups have called on Angola to reform its press and defamation laws and comply with a recent UN Human Rights Committee ruling that found the government violated an international human rights treaty when it jailed a journalist for criticising the president.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2005 19:04:08 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2005/08/30/angola_urged_to_reform_press_defamation/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola - Public radio station fires journalist for criticism]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/angola/2005/08/30/public_radio_station_fires_journalist/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(MISA/IFEX) - Angola's government-controlled National Radio has fired a respected sports analyst after he criticised the country's Football Federation.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2005 17:20:08 GMT</pubDate>
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