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    <title>IFEX - Iraq</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:10:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - Journalist protection law falls short, should be repealed, says CPJ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2012/01/25/supreme_court_challenge/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The law, which took effect in November, fails to offer any meaningful protection to journalists and imposes restrictions on who can be defined as a journalist and how one can practice and access information.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2012/01/25/supreme_court_challenge/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - Journalist illegally detained, while another is attacked]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2012/01/23/alfayad_jailed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Guards at a Baghdad hospital detained Alfayad for publishing news about the firing of 36 policemen in the area, information that was broadcast by multiple news agencies.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2012/01/23/alfayad_jailed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - News media torched, journalists attacked and arrested in outbreak of violence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/12/05/wave_of_violence/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Since the violence began shortly after Friday prayers on 2 December, six news media outlets have been torched and at least 15 journalists have been physically attacked or detained for questioning.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/12/05/wave_of_violence/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - New wave of abuses and intimidation against the media]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/10/31/alsada_harassment/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On 25 October, the provincial council of Al-Qadisiya decided to close the radio station Al-Sada, the only independent broadcaster in the province, on the grounds that its programmes contained music which was "contrary to local morality".]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/10/31/alsada_harassment/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - Draft Informatics Crimes Law fundamentally flawed, says ARTICLE 19]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/10/27/informatics_law_analysis/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Draft Law cites, as its basis, multiple negative consequences of the "information revolution" without acknowledging the positive role technology performs in today's society, not least of all in enhancing the enjoyment of fundamental human rights. The Draft Law provides no guarantees for the right to freedom of expression or freedom of information.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/10/27/informatics_law_analysis/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - Series of new attacks and acts of intimidation against journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/10/21/attacks_intimidation/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In one of the latest cases, unidentified gunmen fired on Al-Iraqiya TV reporter Abd Al-Hasan Al-Rukaabi as he was driving between the southern city of Nasriyah and the nearby town of Al-Refai on 19 October.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/10/21/attacks_intimidation/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - Al-Mahdi's death big loss for media and activist community; new law fails to protect journalists' rights]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/09/14/law_al_mahdi_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Iraqi journalist, filmmaker and playwright Hadi al-Mahdi was well known for his missives to the government, his demands for peace, and more recently, as a leading organiser of Iraq's recent pro-democracy protests. But for his actions he has paid with his life. On 8 September, he was shot dead in his home in Baghdad in an apparently targeted attack to silence him, report Human Rights Watch, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/09/14/law_al_mahdi_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - New law fails to protect journalists, creates new problems, says RSF]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/09/12/new_law_pointless/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The new media law's vagueness and many serious omissions are all the more incomprehensible for the fact that many NGOs offered detailed critiques and proposed specific recommendations for ways to better protect journalists and combat impunity.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/09/12/new_law_pointless/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - "Lvin" magazine editor beaten by special forces, held for three hours in Iraqi Kurdistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/09/09/mira_assaulted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A representative from Kurdistan's intelligence agency said he had filed a defamation suit against "Lvin" in response to the report about the incident posted on its website.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/09/09/mira_assaulted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - Radio personality shot dead]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/09/09/al_mahdi_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Hadi al-Mahdi had been critical of government corruption and social inequality and was involved in Iraq's protest movement. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 11:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/09/09/al_mahdi_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - Prominent Kurdish journalist assaulted ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/08/30/hardi_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA["It is very clear that this attack is related to my job as an independent journalist and my vocal support for freedom," Asos Hardi told Human Rights Watch.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/08/30/hardi_attacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - Editor released after 16 months in prison]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/08/18/alawsi_released/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Saad Al-Awsi was detained due to an article he published criticising deals that Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki had allegedly struck in order to secure his position.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/08/18/alawsi_released/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - Alarming statement, constant harassment offer no respite for journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/08/05/media_personnel_harassed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In an alarming statement, senior interior ministry official Adnan Al-Asadi stated that freedom of information could now pose "a threat to internal security" in the country, and that journalists must no longer publish information about murders or arrests without the ministry's consent because of the fragile security situation.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/08/05/media_personnel_harassed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - Lawsuits, violence by security forces now daily events for journalists, says RSF]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/07/15/al-kaabi_sued/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Politicians who have brought legal actions designed to gag the media include house speaker Osama Al-Nujaifi, who sued a local newspaper editor and two of his journalists over a series of articles criticising the maintenance of quotas in the selection of parliamentarians.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/07/15/al-kaabi_sued/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - Human Rights Watch calls on government to revise draft law that curbs protests, speech]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/07/15/revise_draft_law/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The draft law would allow authorities to curtail rights to protect the "public interest" or for the "general order or public morals," without defining what those terms encompass.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/07/15/revise_draft_law/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - Attacks by government-backed thugs chill protests]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/07/05/government_backed_thugs/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Human Rights Watch called for an inquiry into the role of state security forces in attacks by pro-government gangs against peaceful demonstrators in Baghdad on 10 June 2011.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 14:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/07/05/government_backed_thugs/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - Camera operator killed in suicide bombing]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/06/23/algharabi_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Alwan al-Ghorabi died in the southern city of Diwaniyya when a car bomb exploded in the city center.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/06/23/algharabi_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - New concerns over bill proposing creation of media council in Iraqi Kurdistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/06/16/high_council_bill/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[While applauding the government's professed desire to encourage media diversity and respect for freedom of expression, RSF is of the view that, in its present form, the proposed law would not help achieve these goals.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 11:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/06/16/high_council_bill/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - Protest organisers beaten, detained]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/06/02/protest_organisers_targeted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Several activists in the capital told Human Rights Watch that they believed that the increased security and recent arrests were an attempt to head off reinvigoration of public protests, amid efforts by various small protest groups to work together.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/06/02/protest_organisers_targeted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - Star journalist sued by head of electoral commission]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/05/26/hassan_sued/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Hashem Hassan is being sued for 1.2 million euros in damages over an article in which he questioned the commission's legitimacy and professionalism and accused it of wasting public funds.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 08:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/05/26/hassan_sued/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - Concern over growing effort to silence media in Kurdistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/05/25/growing_effort/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Kurdistan Regional Government promised a new era of freedom for Iraqi Kurds, but it seems no more respectful of Kurdish rights to free speech than the government that preceded it, said Human Rights Watch.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/05/25/growing_effort/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - Ruling party lawsuit could force independent Kurdish news magazine to close]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/05/19/lvin_magazine_sued/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The lawsuit follows an article which quotes an unnamed senior member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan as evoking the possibility of assassinating three opposition leaders as the only way to end a wave of pro-democracy protests in the region.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 11:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/05/19/lvin_magazine_sued/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - Draft law on protection of journalists must meet freedom of expression standards, ARTICLE 19 says
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/05/09/draft_law/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Draft Law's provisions are counterproductive to its apparent objectives of protecting journalists, says ARTICLE 19.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 09:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/05/09/draft_law/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - One year since his murder, RSF pays tribute to Kurdish journalist Sardasht Osman
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/05/06/tribute_sardasht_osman/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The anniversary of Osman's murder comes at a time of tension as journalists are constantly the targets of death threats, acts of intimidation, physical attacks and murder attempts.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 16:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/05/06/tribute_sardasht_osman/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - Widening crackdown on protests]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/04/25/widening_crackdown/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The authorities should hold accountable those responsible for attacking protesters and journalists in Arbil and Sulaimaniya, including opening fire on demonstrators and beating them severely, Human Rights Watch said.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 12:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/04/25/widening_crackdown/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - Journalist killed in double car-bomb attack]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/04/21/al_kubaisi_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Sound engineer Abdul Rahman al-Kubaisi was killed on his way to work near a security checkpoint at a crowded entrance to Baghdad's Green Zone.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/04/21/al_kubaisi_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - International community urged to press authorities to end abuses against demonstrators, journalists in Kurdistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/04/21/end_abuses/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Sulaymaniyah headquarters of Payam TV have been surrounded since 19 April by the security forces of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), one of the two main parties that form the government in Kurdistan.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/04/21/end_abuses/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - Physical attacks and arrests make it impossible for journalists to work in Kurdistan, RSF says]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/04/19/attacks_and_arrests/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Several journalists were physically attacked or arrested while covering demonstrations in Kalar, Sulaymaniyah and Erbil while live rounds were used against protesters and journalists.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/04/19/attacks_and_arrests/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - Journalists denied entry to Camp Ashraf after Iraqi army attack]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/04/14/news_blackout/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[An attack by the Iraqi army on 8 April reportedly resulted in the deaths of around 30 residents, with many more wounded.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/04/14/news_blackout/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - Journalists still being arrested, harassed and intimidated amid continuing protests in Kurdistan
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/04/12/kurdistan_incidents/</link>
      <description><![CDATA["Not a day goes by without a journalist being arrested, threatened or harassed," RSF reported.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 11:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/04/12/kurdistan_incidents/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - More attacks on journalists covering demonstrations, TV cameraman missing in Iraqi Kurdistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/04/06/kurdistan_attacks/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Dana Bakir has been missing since 1 April, when security forces attacked journalists who were covering a demonstration in Sulaymaniyah's Freedom Square.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 09:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/04/06/kurdistan_attacks/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - Two journalists among scores killed in insurgent operation in Tikrit]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/03/30/tikrit_operation/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Sabah al-Bazi and Muammar Khadir Abdelwahad were covering a meeting taking place at the Salahadin provincial council's headquarters.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/03/30/tikrit_operation/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - Death threats followed by shooting attacks on journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/03/28/death_threats/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Two Kurdish opposition journalists have escaped murder attempts while others have been briefly detained or targeted in kidnapping attempts.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/03/28/death_threats/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - Journalists prevented from covering protests in Libya; Iraqi forces beat journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/03/04/foreign_journalists_restricted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In southern Iraq, anti-riot police attacked at least five local journalists covering protests in Basra, according to news reports.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/03/04/foreign_journalists_restricted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Yemen - Yemeni Journalists Syndicate stormed; Baghdad apologises]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/yemen/2011/03/01/syndicate_stormed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CPJ is alarmed by the ongoing attempts of governments in the Middle East to censor news coverage of protests.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/yemen/2011/03/01/syndicate_stormed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - Several more journalists arrested, attacked, injured during "black day" for media freedom]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/03/01/black_day/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Journalists were "attacked and illegally and summarily arrested" by police and soldiers during demonstrations to mark the 25 February "day of rage" in many cities.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/03/01/black_day/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - Death threats and targeted physical attacks against journalists on the rise in Iraqi Kurdistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/02/28/death_threats/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[RSF voices concern to regional government president over deterioration in situation for journalists.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/02/28/death_threats/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - At least eight protesters killed by security forces, dozens injured]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/02/28/protester_deaths/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[As a state party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the government is obligated to protect the rights to freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly, Human Rights Watch said. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/02/28/protester_deaths/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - Journalists missing in Libya; one journalist killed in Iraq ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/02/25/journalists_missing/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CPJ is concerned by reports that a number of Libyan journalists have not been heard from for several days; meanwhile a  suicide bombing in Iraq has claimed the life of at least one journalist.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 12:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/02/25/journalists_missing/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - Police allow gangs to attack peaceful protesters]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/02/25/gangs_attack_protesters/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Security forces have an obligation to protect the right to assemble peacefully and to use only the minimum necessary force to protect lives if violence erupts, Human Rights Watch said.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 11:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/02/25/gangs_attack_protesters/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - Authorities prohibit live satellite TV coverage of demonstration]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/02/24/satellite_tv_coverage/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[RSF is concerned about a spate of attacks by security forces on news media and NGOs in the past 48 hours.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/02/24/satellite_tv_coverage/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - Journalist killed; security forces attack media, protesters]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/02/23/media_protests_quashed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A freelance journalist was gunned down outside his home in Mosul on 17 February, report the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the International Press Institute (IPI) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Elsewhere in Iraq, security forces raided media groups and have been using live ammunition on protesters in some of the most blatant violations of free expression and free assembly, say RSF and Human Rights Watch.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/02/23/media_protests_quashed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - Raid prevents Kurdistan's first independent TV station from covering unrest]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/02/23/nrt_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Fifty masked gunmen carried out a raid on the headquarters of Naliya Radio and Television (NRT), in northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/02/23/nrt_attacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - Security guards open fire on protesters]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/02/18/protestors_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA["As a state party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Iraq must protect and promote freedom of expression and association, and the right to assemble peacefully," said Human Rights Watch.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 13:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/02/18/protestors_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - Journalist gunned down in Mosul]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/02/18/al_ahmadi_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The 50-year-old journalist wrote for several newspapers and was well known for his critical views, according to the Iraqi Journalist Syndicate (IJS). ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 11:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/02/18/al_ahmadi_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - ARTICLE 19 and IFJ welcome appeal court victory for "The Guardian" in defamation case 
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/01/18/guardian_victory/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Baghdad Appeal Court overturned a prior defamation ruling, saying no harm had resulted from an article that quoted critics describing the prime minister as "increasingly autocratic."]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 09:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2011/01/18/guardian_victory/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - Journalist killed, media prevented from working ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2010/12/14/al-qayssi_dies/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Omar Rassim al-Qayssi died of injuries he received in a car bomb. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2010/12/14/al-qayssi_dies/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - News media targeted by Al-Qaeda and other terror groups]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2010/12/02/al-qaeda_plans/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[RSF and JFO appeal to the leaders of Al-Qaeda to immediately call off plans to attack public institutions and news media and to stop targeting civilians, including journalists.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2010/12/02/al-qaeda_plans/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - Fourth journalist killed since U.S. announced troop withdrawal in September]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2010/11/24/al_baghdadi_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A young TV reporter was shot dead at his home in the northern city of Mosul this week, the fourth journalist to be killed since the U.S. announced its military withdrawal from Iraq, report Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the International Press institute (IPI), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2010/11/24/al_baghdadi_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - CPJ calls on authorities to investigate murder of Al-Mosuliya journalist]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2010/11/23/al_baghdadi_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Reporter Mazen Mardan al-Baghdadi was gunned down in front of his home.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 13:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2010/11/23/al_baghdadi_killed/</guid>
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