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    <description>Eritrea</description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 20:07:26 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - Eritrean government blocks access to Al Jazeera ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2013/02/07/aljazeera_block/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[According to a Qatar-based newspaper, the Eritrean authorities were annoyed with Al Jazeera for carrying reports about demonstrations by Eritrean exiles outside Eritrean diplomatic missions worldwide. Demonstrators expressed their support for soldiers who stormed the Eritrean information ministry in January.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:40:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - Eritrean soldiers stage mutiny, storm information ministry
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2013/02/05/information_ministry/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Around 100 soldiers staged a mutiny and stormed Eritrea's information ministry on 21 January, demanding the head of state-owned Eri-TV to read a communiqué on the air. The communiqué called for implementation of the 1997 constitution and for the release of political prisoners.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 08:05:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2013/02/05/information_ministry/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - Eritrean Information Minister 'invisible' since November]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2013/01/03/where_is_eritrean_information/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Eritrean Information Minister Ali Abdu Ahmed has been invisible in the past few weeks. The total absence of any independent press in Eritrea has allowed the government to maintain complete silence in the face of mounting questions and surging Internet rumors of his defection.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:50:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2013/01/03/where_is_eritrean_information/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - Judicial enquiry launched in Paris over jamming of Eritrean radio station
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2012/11/13/complaint_radio_erena/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Reporters Without Borders has filed a complaint regarding acts of piracy against Radio Erena, an Eritrean exile radio station based in Paris.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 08:29:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2012/11/13/complaint_radio_erena/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - Report highlights dire media situation in Eritrea]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2012/11/05/report_dire_media_situation/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The report demonstrates the gulf that exists between legal protections for free expression at the international level and the realities for journalists on the ground in Eritrea.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:40:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2012/11/05/report_dire_media_situation/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - Imprisoned Swedish-Eritrean journalist's case referred to African human rights panel]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2012/11/02/dawit_isaac_referral/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The case of journalist Dawit Isaac, who has been imprisoned in Eritrea without trial for over 11 years, has been referred to the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 09:20:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2012/11/02/dawit_isaac_referral/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - Three journalists held since 2001 die in Eritrean prison camp]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2012/09/05/imprisoned_journalists/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Reporters Without Borders has confirmed that three journalists – Dawit Habtemichael, Mattewos Habteab and Wedi Itay – have died in the northeastern prison camp of Eiraeiro, Eritrea.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2012 10:20:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2012/09/05/imprisoned_journalists/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[International - UN Human Rights Council condemns abuses in Eritrea, Belarus]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/international/2012/07/06/un_hrc/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[However, the rights body stopped short of recommending the Syria situation be referred to the International Criminal Court, Human Rights Watch noted.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 08:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/international/2012/07/06/un_hrc/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - For exiled Eritreans in Sudan, fear greater than most]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2012/06/19/eritrean_exiles/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[As CPJ has documented, life in exile for any journalist generally is filled with fear and uncertainty, in addition to the struggle to find work and fulfill basic needs such as health care.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 09:12:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2012/06/19/eritrean_exiles/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - Detained journalist admitted to hospital in serious condition]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2012/04/10/mebrahtu_illness/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Journalist and poet Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu was arrested during a raid on Radio Bana on 22 February 2009, during which its entire staff was detained. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 04:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2012/04/10/mebrahtu_illness/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - RSF lawyer pleads on behalf of imprisoned journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2012/02/10/plea_dawit_isaac/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The plea demonstrated that national laws and international treaties should provide protection to Dawit Isaac and his detained colleagues.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:24:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2012/02/10/plea_dawit_isaac/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - Thirty-one IFEX members call on authorities to disclose whereabouts of journalist Dawit Isaak]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2011/11/14/dawit_isaak_information/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[After hearing rumours of the death of Dawit Isaak, an Swedish-Eritrean journalist held without charge for ten years, 31 members of IFEX are asking President Isaias Afewerki to confirm that he is still alive and if so, to release him from prison.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:32:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2011/11/14/dawit_isaak_information/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - RSF concerned over fate of Dawit Isaac]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2011/11/03/reports_death/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Unconfirmed reports that Isaac has died in detention have been circulating since 27 October. On the basis of the information available, RSF does not think he has died, but it does not know where the authorities are holding him.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 08:07:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2011/11/03/reports_death/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - Journalists face threats in covering Dawit Isaac's imprisonment]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2011/09/27/isaac_case_threats/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Journalist Meron Estefanos, an activist in the campaign to release Isaac, was threatened by the imprisoned journalist's brother, who is a strong supporter of Eritrea's president.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:31:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2011/09/27/isaac_case_threats/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - Human Rights Watch releases briefing paper on missing political prisoners]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2011/09/23/report_ten_years/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The fate of 21 senior government members and journalists who criticised President Isaias Afewerki is still unknown 10 years after they were arrested.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2011/09/23/report_ten_years/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - No one can continue to ignore the regime's brutality, says RSF]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2011/09/20/tenth_anniversary/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[RSF has launched an international ad campaign marking the 10th anniversary of the round-ups of journalists and closure of all the privately-owned print media.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:10:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2011/09/20/tenth_anniversary/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - Demand freedom for Dawit Isaak]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2011/09/14/free_dawit_isaak/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Twenty-third September marks 10 years since the Swedish-Eritrean journalist and writer Dawit Isaak was imprisoned in Eritrea. His crime? He worked for an independent newspaper that reported on demands for democratic reforms. There has never been a trial, a charge or a sentence against him. IFEX members and supporters are asking that you take part in a week of action to demand his freedom.
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:46:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2011/09/14/free_dawit_isaak/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - Thirty-three IFEX members condemn continued persecution of imprisoned journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2011/05/31/imprisoned_journalists/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The detained journalists are held without charges and forced to endure terrible conditions such as extended periods in the sun and denial of medication.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 13:52:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2011/05/31/imprisoned_journalists/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - IFJ joins Federation of African Journalists' Press Freedom Day call for release of journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2011/05/04/afewerki_letter/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The situation of freedom of expression has been steadily deteriorating as it is estimated that some 30 journalists have been detained, without charges, since the government imposed a ban on independent media in September 2001.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 07:29:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2011/05/04/afewerki_letter/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[International - Detained Eritrean journalist is 2011 Golden Pen of Freedom Laureate]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/international/2010/10/27/golden_pen_isaak/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Dawit Isaak, a founder of Eritrea's first independent newspaper who has been detained incommunicado for the past nine years without charge or trial, has won the 2011 Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual prize of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA). He turned 46 on 27 October. Sign a petition for his release.
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:41:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/international/2010/10/27/golden_pen_isaak/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - Detained journalist's brother and RSF tell Sweden and EU they are legally bound to actively seek his release]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2010/10/18/call_dawit_release/</link>
      <description><![CDATA["The legal opinion shows that both Sweden and the European Union are obliged to use all possible means to help their citizen, Dawit Isaac," Esayas Isaac said.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 09:26:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2010/10/18/call_dawit_release/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - Oppressive silence surrounds imprisoned journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2010/09/22/prison_silence/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Eritrean journalist Eyob Kessete was arrested this past summer as he attempted to flee Eritrea and cross the border into Ethiopia. His detention on the eve of the ninth anniversary of a vicious political purge of dissident voices in Asmara in September 2001 is part of a continuing pattern of terror, reports Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:46:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2010/09/22/prison_silence/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - Journalists still hunted down nine years after September 2001 purges]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2010/09/21/petition_free_journalists/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[RSF wrote to the British authorities urging them to prosecute one of the purge's organisers, who now lives in Britain.
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 06:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2010/09/21/petition_free_journalists/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - RSF launches petition for release of imprisoned journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2010/05/26/19th_anniversary/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Some 30 journalists are imprisoned without trial and kept in inhumane conditions, according to RSF.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 06:54:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2010/05/26/19th_anniversary/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - Prominent journalist arrested, ex-prison guard reveals fate of other detained journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2010/05/13/abdulhai_arrested/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Around 30 journalists are currently held incommunicado and more arrests are still occurring, including the recent arrest of Said Abdulhai, one of the country's most famous journalists.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 11:34:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2010/05/13/abdulhai_arrested/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - Radio Erena: an independent news source for Eritrea]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2010/03/16/radio_erena/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Based in Paris and run by exiled Eritrean journalists, Radio Erena has been operating for the past nine months. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2010/03/16/radio_erena/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - One year after her arrest, Radio Bana journalist being held in solitary confinement]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2010/02/19/fisseha_in_solitary/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[It is not known why journalist Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu has been held in solitary confinement for the past few weeks.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:23:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2010/02/19/fisseha_in_solitary/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - RSF asks UN to investigate the fate of imprisoned journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2010/01/14/prison_conditions/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Three years after the death of imprisoned journalist Fessehaye "Joshua" Yohannes, conditions for Eritrean detainees remain among the most disturbing in the world.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:23:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2010/01/14/prison_conditions/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - Journalist Dawit Isaak still in prison after more than eight years]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2009/12/11/eight_year_anniversary/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Dawit was arrested in Asmara on 23 September 2001 for defending the freedom of speech of the Eritrean people in the independent newspaper "Setit".]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:29:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2009/12/11/eight_year_anniversary/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - Abysmal ranking as world's worst place for journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2009/09/23/worst_gulag/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Eritrea ranks last place on the latest Reporters Without Borders (RSF) index measuring the level of press freedom in 173 countries. Privately owned press have been banished by the authoritarian President Issaias Afeworki since 2001, and the few journalists who dare to criticise the regime are thrown in prison, says RSF. Four journalists have died in detention and, currently, at least 30 journalists and two media workers are believed to be in prison without trial.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:09:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2009/09/23/worst_gulag/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - Eritrea now shares title of world's biggest prison for journalists with China, Iran, says RSF]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2009/09/23/worlds_biggest_prison/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Eritrea's prisoners of conscience are victims of indifference, tacit consent or overly timid efforts on the part of the country's international partners, says RSF.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2009/09/23/worlds_biggest_prison/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - RSF calls on European Union to suspend development aid in light of fresh crackdown on journalists ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2009/03/06/rsf_calls_on_european_union_to/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has called on the European Union (EU) not to hand over aid worth 122 million euros to Eritrea, after a serious deterioration in conditions for political prisoners and as authorities have launched a new wave of arrests of journalists.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:57:49 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2009/03/06/rsf_calls_on_european_union_to/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - IPI calls for release of journalists detained for years without due process]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2009/02/20/ipi_calls_for_release_of_journalists/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IPI/IFEX) - The following is a 19 February 2009 IPI press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:47:59 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2009/02/20/ipi_calls_for_release_of_journalists/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - Journalist Dawit Isaak held without trial for almost eight years, believed to be seriously ill ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2009/02/04/journalist_dawit_isaak_held_without/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is an IFJ media release:
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 10:10:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2009/02/04/journalist_dawit_isaak_held_without/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - World Report 2009: Eritrea]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2009/01/22/world_report_2009_eritrea/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:18:25 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2009/01/22/world_report_2009_eritrea/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - On 60th anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights, many journalists still detained without charges, says ARTICLE 19]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2008/12/11/on_60th_anniversary_of_universal/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) - The following is an ARTICLE 19 press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:22:52 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2008/12/11/on_60th_anniversary_of_universal/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - State TV journalist secretly sentenced to five years of forced labour in 2006]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2008/10/30/state_tv_journalist_secretly_sentenced/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - Daniel Kibrom, a journalist employed by Eritrea's state-owned Eri TV, has been held since October 2006 in a prison camp in the south of the country, where he is serving a sentence of five years of forced labour for trying to cross the border into Ethiopia, Reporters Without Borders has learned from a former prison interrogator who fled the country in 2007.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:51:11 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2008/10/30/state_tv_journalist_secretly_sentenced/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - RSF urges European Union to shake off lethargy after seven years of silence since September 2001 crackdown]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2008/09/19/rsf_urges_european_union_to_shake/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - On the seventh anniversary of the start of a wave of round-ups on 18 September 2001, Reporters Without Borders appeals to each of the European Union's 27 members to publicly endorse the organisation's call for the most senior members of the Eritrean government and military to be declared personae non gratae.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:26:07 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2008/09/19/rsf_urges_european_union_to_shake/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - Journalist employed by state-owned radio station held since 2006]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2008/04/25/journalist_employed_by_state_owned/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has learned from local sources that Tura Kubaba, a journalist with the Kunama-language service of state-owned Radio Dimtsi Hafash ("Voice of the Masses"), has been detained in Eritrea since the second half of 2006 and disappeared in 2007 within the country's prison system.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:28:40 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2008/04/25/journalist_employed_by_state_owned/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - Annual Report 2008: Eritrea ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2008/04/09/annual_report_2008_eritrea/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:31:28 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2008/04/09/annual_report_2008_eritrea/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - World Report 2008: Eritrea ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2008/04/03/world_report_2008_eritrea/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:55:29 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2008/04/03/world_report_2008_eritrea/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - Attacks on the Press in 2007: Eritrea]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2008/03/27/attacks_on_the_press_in_2007_eritrea/</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:56:53 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - Freedom of the Press 2007: Eritrea]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2008/02/27/freedom_of_the_press_2007_eritrea/</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:47:43 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2008/02/27/freedom_of_the_press_2007_eritrea/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - New revelations about Eiraeiro prison camp; journalist Seyoum Tsehaye held in hellish conditions]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2008/01/31/new_revelations_about_eiraeiro/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - The following is an abridged version of a 30 January 2008 RSF report:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:58:30 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2008/01/31/new_revelations_about_eiraeiro/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - HORN OF AFRICA STORIES: 'ONE LIFE SAVED, THE OTHER LOST']]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2007/10/09/horn_of_africa_stories_one_life/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Two newsmen, Befekadu Moreda from Ethiopia and Paulos Kidane from Eritrea, both tried to flee the region to escape government oppression. But "one life (was) saved and the other lost." In a special report, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) recounts their stories and provides a glimpse into the adversity facing journalists in the volatile Horn of Africa.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:22:43 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2007/10/09/horn_of_africa_stories_one_life/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - RSF urges democratic governments to summon Eritrean ambassadors on anniversary of 18 September 2001 crackdown]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2007/09/17/rsf_urges_democratic_governments/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders calls on the foreign ministries of the leading democracies to mark the sixth anniversary of the start of a wave of arrests in Asmara by summoning Eritrea's ambassadors to express disapproval for a crackdown that led to the suppression of all freedoms and the imprisonment of more than 10 journalists in unknown locations.
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2007/09/17/rsf_urges_democratic_governments/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - State TV editor goes missing while trying to flee across border into Ethiopia]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2007/08/13/state_tv_editor_goes_missing_while/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has voiced concern about the fate of Johnny Hisabu, an editor with state-owned Eri-TV, who disappeared in late May 2007 after trying to flee across the border into Ethiopia. There are unconfirmed reports that he was arrested and has been held ever since in a detention centre in the southwestern town of Barentu.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:05:25 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2007/08/13/state_tv_editor_goes_missing_while/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - IPI concerned about ongoing detention of journalists, calls on aid donors to do more for human rights and press freedom]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2007/07/11/ipi_concerned_about_ongoing_detention/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IPI/IFEX) - The following is a 10 July 2007 IPI letter to European Commission President José Manuel Durão Barroso, World Bank President Robert Zoellick, and British Secretary of State for International Development Douglas Alexander:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 18:43:54 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2007/07/11/ipi_concerned_about_ongoing_detention/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - JOURNALIST DIES FLEEING CRACKDOWN ON PUBLIC MEDIA]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2007/07/10/journalist_dies_fleeing_crackdown/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[One of nine journalists arrested in a November 2006 crackdown on Eritrean public media has died while attempting to flee the country in June, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF). Two others of the nine have been re-arrested.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:49:30 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2007/07/10/journalist_dies_fleeing_crackdown/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eritrea - Journalist, one of nine arrested in November 2006, dies in attempt to flee to Sudan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2007/07/06/journalist_one_of_nine_arrested/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders voiced deep sadness on learning that Paulos Kidane, a journalist with the Amharic-language service of state-owned Eri-TV and radio Dimtsi Hafash (Voice of the Broad Masses), died in June 2007 in an attempt to flee on foot across the border into Sudan.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2007 12:43:11 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/eritrea/2007/07/06/journalist_one_of_nine_arrested/</guid>
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