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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:49:43 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Colombian journalists named in murder plot choose temporary exile]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2013/06/12/self_exile/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Three journalists targeted in an assassination plot disclosed by the Colombian authorities on 15 May, Gonzalo Guillen, Leon Valencia and Ariel Avila, have resigned themselves to a period of temporary exile, despite benefitting from official protection at home.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:40:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - In Colombia, criminal gangs pose new press threat]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2013/05/24/bacrim_threats/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Antioquia department swarms with former paramilitaries who have formed criminal gangs - known in Spanish as <em>bandas criminales</em> - that traffic drugs and extort businesses. The bacrim often work in cahoots with local politicians, and when journalists dig into issues like government corruption, they sometimes receive threats.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 13:47:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2013/05/24/bacrim_threats/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Colombian authorities uncover plot against journalist and researchers]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2013/05/17/plan_para_atentar/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Colombian press freedom group FLIP is concerned about a plot against independent journalist Gonzalo Guillén, León Valencia, a columnist with <em>Semana</em> magazine, and Ariel Avila, an independent researcher.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 11:24:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2013/05/17/plan_para_atentar/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Radio host shot to death leaving station in western Colombia]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2013/05/14/del_valle_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Journalist Alberto Lázaro del Valle, a well-known local radio personality and director of the Planeta radio station in Cali, was killed by two people who shot him as he left the station, according to reports from the Cali Metropolitan Police.
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 11:28:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2013/05/14/del_valle_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Message contains threats for eight Colombian journalists covering land issues]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2013/05/08/panfleto_valledupar/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[FLIP is seriously concerned about a note found on 6 May 2013 at 11 p.m. in the city of Valledupar, Cesar department, which contained threats aimed at eight journalists from the region.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 11:54:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2013/05/08/panfleto_valledupar/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Shots fired at Colombian magazine journalist]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2013/05/02/calderon_atentado/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Journalist Ricardo Calderón was near a toll station when two people got out of a vehicle, called his name, and fired several shots at his car. In the days before the attack, because of research he had been doing, Calderón had been followed and some of his sources had been harassed.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 14:02:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2013/05/02/calderon_atentado/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Colombian journalist forced to flee after receiving threats]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2013/04/19/journalist_flees/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Journalist Yesid Toro Meléndez was forced to flee the city of Cali, Colombia after receiving threats related to his book on assassins.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:01:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2013/04/19/journalist_flees/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Colombian journalist stops writing after violent assault]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2013/03/19/uribe_attack/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Reporters Without Borders strongly denounces the violent acts endured by Germán Uribe, a Colombian journalist and writer. The incident, where he was detained and threatened in his own home, occurred on February 28, 2013 in Subachoque in the region of Cundinamarca. He has since suspended his writing.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:02:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2013/03/19/uribe_attack/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Former security operatives charged in journalist's torture in Colombia]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2013/03/18/security_charged/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Seven former members of the former secret service in Colombia, the Administrative Department for Security (DAS), face charges of ‘psychological torture and intimidation’ inflicted on prominent journalist Claudia Julieta Duque, the office of the national human rights prosecutor announced on 10 March 2013.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:55:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2013/03/18/security_charged/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Letter bomb sent to home of Colombian journalist
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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2013/03/13/letter_bomb/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Colombian authorities to investigate an attack on a journalist who had denounced political corruption and the activities of leftist guerrilla groups in the region. Juan David Betancur received a letter bomb in the mail that failed to explode and did not injure him.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:34:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2013/03/13/letter_bomb/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Police violence against journalists during Colombian coffee worker strike]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2013/03/12/violencias_policiacas/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In a letter to the Minister of the Interior, Reporters Without Borders calls attention to recurrent violence facing journalists covering the strike of coffee growers in the departments of Huila and Tolima.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:35:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2013/03/12/violencias_policiacas/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Organisations discuss need for online manual for Colombian journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2013/02/20/flip_interview/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In January Colombia’s Press Freedom Foundation (FLIP) released an online version on their manual for journalists facing libel and insult charges. The International Press Institute spoke to FLIP's legal advisor about the need for such a manual and a series of recent criminal defamation cases in Colombia.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:47:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2013/02/20/flip_interview/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Colombian journalists flee homes after receiving threats]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2013/02/04/colombian_journalists/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Authorities in Colombia should ensure the safety of two journalists who have fled the northern city of Montería after being threatened for their reporting on criminal groups, says the Committee to Protect Journalists.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 10:27:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2013/02/04/colombian_journalists/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Continued threats against well-known journalist in Colombia]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2013/01/24/bedoya_amenaza/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On 11 January 2013 Jineth Bedoya, a journalist with <em>El Tiempo</em>, was intimidated by someone who sent her a message trying to get her to stop publishing accusations. The threat said to tell Bedoya that she should stop reporting on "these things" or else she knew what might happen.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:54:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2013/01/24/bedoya_amenaza/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - New decree undermines privacy rights of law-abiding Colombians]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/12/18/data_retention/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Despite a history of human rights abuses, the Colombian Ministry of Justice and Technology has issued a decree that will further undermine the privacy rights of law-abiding Colombians.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 08:20:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/12/18/data_retention/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Colombian journalist dies following police altercation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/12/03/noticias_del_ipi_colombi/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The International Press Institute (IPI) demands an investigation into the death of a Colombian journalist who police say suffered fatal head injuries after falling from a police vehicle — despite claims from family and colleagues that the journalist was beaten and violently thrown from the truck.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 09:48:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/12/03/noticias_del_ipi_colombi/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[International - Opinion: 23 voices, 23 faces, just one battle cry]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/international/2012/11/22/jineth_bedoya_lima_op_ed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Jineth Bedoya Lima, a Colombian journalist whose investigations have led to attempts on her life, on the impact of being profiled in this year's Day to End Impunity campaign.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:49:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/international/2012/11/22/jineth_bedoya_lima_op_ed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Inter-American court recommends ways to end impunity]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/11/05/inter_american_court/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ARTICLE 19 welcomes the Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ decision in the case of <em>Vélez Restrepo et al. vs Colombia</em> which held the government responsible for a climate of impunity in crimes against free expression.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 09:02:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/11/05/inter_american_court/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Colombia Supreme Court urged to overturn defamation verdict]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/10/29/ipi_insta_a_corte_suprema/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Colombian Supreme Court should overturn the conviction of journalist Luis Agustín González on insult charges, says IPI. In arguments before the Court, representatives for Colombia’s attorney general and general prosecutor urged justices to reverse the verdict, warning of potential “damage from limiting the right to free expression,” reports said.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 13:11:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/10/29/ipi_insta_a_corte_suprema/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Panama - Copyright policies threaten internet use in Panama and Colombia]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/panama/2012/10/05/copyright_laws/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[After years of being one of the most progressive regions in the world in terms of balanced copyright policy, Latin America is unfortunately sliding into copyright maximalism, enacting increasingly restrictive copyright enforcement measures into their federal laws.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 09:48:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/panama/2012/10/05/copyright_laws/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Colombian journalists get death threats, reporter sued for defamation in Peru]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/09/19/ten_death_threats/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[At least 10 journalists in the northern Colombian city of Santa Marta were threatened with death after disseminating an interview in which a jailed former paramilitary commander alleged links between his organisation and local politicians, news reports said.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 09:57:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/09/19/ten_death_threats/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Colombian magistrate's efforts to uncover corruption end in resignation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/09/06/colombia_magistrate_s/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Under the leadership of the auxiliary Supreme Court magistrate Iván Velásquez, the Supreme Court convicted approximately 50 former members of Congress for links to paramilitary groups. As a consequence of his work, he has been the target of smear efforts and illegal surveillance.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 11:58:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/09/06/colombia_magistrate_s/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Colombian Supreme Court reverses decision to pursue defamation charges]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/08/29/court_reversal/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Criminal Chamber of the Colombian Supreme Court announced that it would not pursue criminal defamation charges against a journalist who had written opinion columns critical of the Court.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:50:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/08/29/court_reversal/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Colombian journalist critical of Supreme Court faces defamation suit
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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/08/27/supreme_court_sues_journalist/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court's criminal chamber will file a criminal defamation suit against journalist Cecilia Orozco for her column questioning the court's decisions.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 09:01:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/08/27/supreme_court_sues_journalist/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Bogotá TV journalist reporting on paramilitaries receives "warning"]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/07/17/bacares_phone_call/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The report that journalist Paul Bacares is currently preparing highlights the ability of the armed groups to infiltrate the legal economy and their links to local politicians and other public figures.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 08:35:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/07/17/bacares_phone_call/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - FARC releases French journalist Romeo Langlois]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/05/31/langlois_released/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[What happened to Langlois should serve as an opportunity to reflect on the safety issues that journalists covering armed conflict must deal with regularly in Colombia.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 09:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/05/31/langlois_released/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Bomb attack targets former minister]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/05/23/londono_targeted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A radio talk show host who used to be a government minister was injured in a bombing in Bogotá shortly after he criticised a constitutional amendment that would open the doors to peace talks with rebel groups, report the Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP) and other IFEX members. There has been no bombing in the capital since 2003. 
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 14:18:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/05/23/londono_targeted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - FLIP condemns attack against journalist and former minister Fernando Londoño
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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/05/16/flip_rechaza/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Those responsible for the attack have not been identified yet but Londoño had been receiving threats from the FARC.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 14:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/05/16/flip_rechaza/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - French journalist's whereabouts unknown]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/05/01/langlois_missing/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Roméo Langlois, a correspondent for the France 24 television station and the newspaper <em>Le Figaro</em>, was accompanying an army and police operation against FARC coca laboratories as part of his work on a documentary on drug trafficking when he went missing.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 09:09:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/05/01/langlois_missing/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Journalists flee homes after receiving threats]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/04/24/journalists_flee/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Dionisia Morales, a radio host with Briceno, received death threats via text messages and telephone calls, she told CPJ. The caller identified himself as a member of the Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia, one of a handful of drug-trafficking gangs operating in the country.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:54:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/04/24/journalists_flee/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Journalist flees after FARC threats]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/04/24/pareja_amenaza/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The La Voz de la Tierra station director said that the threats against Jesús Antonio Pareja may have been linked to a recent report on land restitution.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:04:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/04/24/pareja_amenaza/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Journalist's murderer gets 21 years in jail, but motive is still unknown]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/04/04/colombia_actu_update/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[While noting the speed with which the police and judicial authorities acted in this case, RSF cannot be satisfied with a verdict that reveals nothing about the motive for the journalist’s murder.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 08:29:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/04/04/colombia_actu_update/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Authorities announce arrest in murder of journalist Argemiro Cárdenas Agudelo]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/04/03/agudelo_suspect/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The suspected gunman reportedly told investigators that he was to have received 1 million pesos (approx. € 420) for murdering Cárdenas Agudelo, who owned and reported for Metro Radio and served as Dosquebradas mayor in the late 1990s.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:14:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/04/03/agudelo_suspect/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Journalist and political leader killed in Dosquebradas, Risaralda]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/03/16/agudelo_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA["Argemiro Cárdenas Agudelo was in the Metro Radio offices when he received a phone call and arranged a meeting with the caller. He was on his way to meet this person when he was shot and killed," said the local police chief.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:50:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/03/16/agudelo_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Video producer flees Huila after death threats related to controversial video]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/02/28/amenazas_huila/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Bladimir Sánchez Espitia had been working with the Association of Communities Affected by the Quimbo Hydroelectric Project (Asoquimbo) for a few months when he made the video of an eviction.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:03:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/02/28/amenazas_huila/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Criminal gangs intimidate, silence Córdoba journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/01/27/cordoba_criminal_gangs/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The gangs, known in Spanish as bandas criminales or "bacrim," are the offspring of right-wing paramilitary death squads that fought the country's Marxist guerrillas and trafficked cocaine.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:45:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/01/27/cordoba_criminal_gangs/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Journalist in Villavicencio, Meta, receives death threat]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2011/12/22/gomez_death_threats/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Héctor Gómez Arguello has been reporting on residents' complaints that a local aqueduct project was mismanaged.
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      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:24:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2011/12/22/gomez_death_threats/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - IAPA submits two cases of unpunished murders of journalists to IACHR]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2011/12/06/somete_casos/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Julio Chaparro and Jorge Torres were killed on April 24, 1991 in Segovia, where they had been sent by their newspaper, El Espectador of Bogotá, to cover the consequences of a massacre there two years earlier, in which 43 people died.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:26:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2011/12/06/somete_casos/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - President dedicates Chapultepec Declaration signing to murdered Colombian journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2011/11/07/chapultepec/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[At the same time, President Juan Manuel Santos unveiled his plan to increase broadband internet access.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:08:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2011/11/07/chapultepec/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - FLIP concerned over actions against journalists in period leading up to elections]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2011/10/31/election_incidents/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The organisation views the actions against journalists as particularly worrisome since they affect the ability of citizens to obtain information and vote in an informed manner. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:25:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2011/10/31/election_incidents/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Journalist given 20-month suspended prison sentence on defamation charge]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2011/10/14/gonzalez_sentenced/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Luis Agustín González was sued by politician Leonor Serrano de Camargo over an editorial that questioned her bid for election to Congress.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:44:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2011/10/14/gonzalez_sentenced/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Valledupar journalist warned of plan to attack her]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2011/10/05/ferrer_threats/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Journalist Ana Maria Ferrer had reported on irregularities in the mining industry and royalty payments; she is also a correspondent for FLIP.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 08:42:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2011/10/05/ferrer_threats/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Journalist informed of plan to attack her, asks president to intervene to ensure her safety]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2011/09/23/duque_threat/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The authorities have been silent since Claudia Duque sent a letter to the president requesting his intervention and the journalist has every reason to be worried, says RSF.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:54:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2011/09/23/duque_threat/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Former president Uribe labels journalists "terrorism sympathisers"]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2011/08/25/uribe_threats/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[After the publication of the journalists' stories that alleged that Uribe may have been involved in illegal actions, the former president accused Forero and Duque of being sympathisers of terrorism and accomplices of leftist guerrillas.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:52:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2011/08/25/uribe_threats/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Journalist forced to leave country due to threats]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2011/08/24/avendano_leaves/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Although the police have provided Mary Luz Avendaño with protective measures, due to continued fears for her safety the journalist decided to leave the country.
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:52:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2011/08/24/avendano_leaves/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Journalist killed in violence-ridden area]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2011/07/06/gomez_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Independent journalist Luis Eduardo Gómez, who was also a witness for an investigation into links between politicians and paramilitaries, was gunned down last week in Arboletes, Antioquia, in northwest Colombia, report the Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP), the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) and other IFEX members. He is the first journalist to be killed in Colombia this year, notes the International Press Institute (IPI).
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      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:36:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2011/07/06/gomez_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Journalist assassinated in Arboletes, Antioquia]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2011/07/04/gomez_assassination/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The local authorities have said Luis Eduardo Gómez was on his way home when two unidentified men approached and shot him several times.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:03:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2011/07/04/gomez_assassination/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - "El Espectador" journalist in Medellín receives death threat]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2011/06/29/avendano_death_threat/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mary Luz Avendaño has been reporting on an ongoing turf war between drug trafficking groups and the gangs' links to the police.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:44:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2011/06/29/avendano_death_threat/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - IAPA condemns censorship of Colombian daily, attempt to search Argentine newspaper's offices]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2011/06/28/el_heraldo/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The organisation calls on the Colombian authorities to investigate the purchase by unidentified individuals of all copies of an edition of the "El Heraldo" newspaper.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:22:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2011/06/28/el_heraldo/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Supreme Court's decision on criminal defamation undermines free speech, says ARTICLE 19]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2011/06/14/supreme_court_decision/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The court found that the crimes of defamation and slander are not in disaccord with the country's Constitution and its international obligations under human rights treaties.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:05:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2011/06/14/supreme_court_decision/</guid>
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