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    <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:32:03 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - Journalists receive death threats after story on Kenyan official's death]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2013/04/19/investigative_threat/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Two investigative journalists have reported receiving death threats in Kenya shortly after airing a story suggesting foul play in a government official's death, according to news reports and local journalists.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:39:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2013/04/19/investigative_threat/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - Ban on play performance in Kenya must be lifted]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2013/04/19/artistic_expression/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ARTICLE 19 calls on the government to lift a ban on a play about power and inequality among ethnic groups in the country. The Ministry of Education's National Drama Committee has prohibited the Butere Girls High School from performing "Shackles of Doom".]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 06:35:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2013/04/19/artistic_expression/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - Following threats, Kenyan reporter found dead in home
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2013/04/02/cpj_kenyan_reporter_27/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Bernard Wesonga was found dead on 31 March. Wesonga had told friends he had received anonymous threats via text message in connection with a story that described allegations of the unlawful shipment and sale of fertilizer, journalists said.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 08:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2013/04/02/cpj_kenyan_reporter_27/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - Kenyans voice concern over access to information about water 

]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2013/04/01/water_information/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[To mark World Water Day, ARTICLE 19 and the Water Services Regulatory Board held a roundtable discussion in Mombasa. Key issues raised included the lack of information about water connections and how often and for how long water would be available.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2013/04/01/water_information/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - Protect media freedom on Kenyan election day, rights group says
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2013/03/04/letter_elections/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In an open letter to the media and state representatives of Kenya, the International Press Institute's Executive Director stresses that security services and political parties must ensure journalists' safety on election day.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 09:30:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2013/03/04/letter_elections/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - Ushahidi: The next Kenya election coverage challenge]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2013/03/04/ushahidi/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Can a crowd-sourced map of election-related incidents help Kenya have a free and fair vote this month and prevent the level of violence that erupted after the 2007 elections?]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 08:49:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2013/03/04/ushahidi/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - New Kenyan law supports internally displaced people's access to information 


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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2013/03/01/idp_law/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ARTICLE 19 welcomes a comprehensive law on internal displacement in Kenya that includes vital provisions to secure the participation of displaced people in decision-making that affects them.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 06:30:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2013/03/01/idp_law/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - Violence against journalists increases ahead of Kenyan elections
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2013/01/29/violence_elections/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[There has been an increasing level of violence against journalists ahead of Kenya's national elections in March 2013. A series of threats and attacks have been reported this month, including assaults by security officers and members of the public towards journalists who are covering political events. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:10:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2013/01/29/violence_elections/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - Kenyan journalists attacked while covering riots
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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2013/01/23/coverage_clashes/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Dennis Okeyo and John Otanga said they were attacked by soldiers from Kenya's paramilitary force while they were attempting to cover politically motivated clashes in Kibera, a neighborhood in Nairobi, according to news reports and local journalists. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:05:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2013/01/23/coverage_clashes/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - Report examines internally displaced Kenyans' access to information
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2013/01/04/access_information_idp/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[This is a report of a baseline survey on the right to information for internally displaced persons (IDPs) that was conducted by Article 19 Eastern Africa. The study sought to ascertain to what extent internally displaced persons in Kenya exercised their right of access to information at the different stages of displacement.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:55:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2013/01/04/access_information_idp/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - Exiled Somali journalists suffer under Kenyan refugee policy
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2012/12/21/refugee_policy_exile/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Exiled Somali journalists living in Nairobi were in disbelief this week when daily newspapers published a statement by the Department of Refugee Affairs ordering all Somali refugees to move to refugee camps. The order followed a series of grenade attacks in Kenya's northeastern regions, where many exiled journalists live.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 05:40:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2012/12/21/refugee_policy_exile/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - Kenyan activist attacked after filing petition over voter registration kit


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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2012/11/26/okiya_omtatah_okoiti_attack/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Okiya Omtatah Okoiti, the executive director of an organisation that advocates for transparency and accountability, was attacked in Nairobi, Kenya.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 09:13:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2012/11/26/okiya_omtatah_okoiti_attack/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - Kenyan lawyer examines regulations governing new online media]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2012/09/18/article_19_weekly/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A blog entry by a Kenyan lawyer considers the government's legislative and policy responses to the challenges of new media online. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:59:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2012/09/18/article_19_weekly/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - Internally Displaced Persons Bill must advance the right to access information, says ARTICLE 19]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2012/07/09/draft_bill/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) - Nairobi, 5 July 2012 - Today, ARTICLE 19 releases its legal analysis of the Internally Displaced Persons Bill for Kenya (“the Draft Bill”), welcoming the initiative to institutionalise protection and assistance for internally displaced persons (IDPs). The Draft Bill contains robust provisions to increase information flows to and from IDPs, but the effectiveness of protection and assistance to IDPs will depend on stronger safeguards for information rights, greater participation of IDPs in decision-making, and enhancing transparency.
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2012 06:10:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2012/07/09/draft_bill/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - Journalist in western Kenya faces death threats]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2012/05/11/eshikumo_threats/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Joel Eshikumo said that unidentified callers had threatened him every night for a week, saying they would burn his house down and telling him to be prepared to die over the pictures he had taken in court.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 11:02:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2012/05/11/eshikumo_threats/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - China's media footprint in Kenya]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2012/05/08/media_footprint/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The expansion comes as other, predominantly Western media houses are shrinking their media presence in East Africa.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 05:07:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2012/05/08/media_footprint/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - Legal analysis: Draft Campaign Financing Bill]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2012/05/02/campaign_financing_bill/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In the analysis, ARTICLE 19 emphasises that transparency in campaign financing is indispensible for embedding accountability and integral to the promotion of good governance and democracy.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 01:53:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2012/05/02/campaign_financing_bill/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - Two journalists threatened for their reporting]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2012/04/13/journalists_threatened/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Both journalists told CPJ that unidentified men had been following them, which had forced them to hide in an undisclosed location.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2012/04/13/journalists_threatened/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - Police assault three journalists, detain one]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2012/03/23/mbatiah_assaulted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[At least 10 police officers in plainclothes surrounded "Daily Nation" reporter Suleiman Mbatiah, after he took photographs of an undercover traffic operation in Nakuru.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:12:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2012/03/23/mbatiah_assaulted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Somalia - The plight of journalists who flee Al-Shabaab]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/somalia/2012/03/16/fleeing_al_shabaab/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Kenya represents a beacon of regional press freedom, and the majority of regional journalists are able to continue to work in the media field without harassment. 
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 02:31:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/somalia/2012/03/16/fleeing_al_shabaab/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Somalia - NUSOJ report reveals rights abuses at radio station]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/somalia/2012/03/12/rbk_report/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The report highlights violations of journalists' rights, such as the victimising of staff who lost their jobs after refusing to compromise their professional ethics. It features the case of Farah Lamaane, a former RBK senior editor who was forced to resign after complaining of unwarranted interference with editorial independence by the station's management.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 06:37:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/somalia/2012/03/12/rbk_report/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - CPJ underlines hazards of reporting all sides of the Lamu port story]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2012/03/09/lamu_port_story/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Many journalists in eastern Africa have faced the wrath of authorities for their criticism of government development projects, CPJ found.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 09:46:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2012/03/09/lamu_port_story/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - ARTICLE 19 publishes analysis of Publication of Electoral Opinion Polls Bill]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2012/02/28/opinion_polls_bill/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ARTICLE 19 has analysed the Kenyan Publication of Electoral Opinions Bill, 2011 from the perspective of international and comparative standards on freedom of expression and freedom of information.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:48:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2012/02/28/opinion_polls_bill/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - WiPC interview with Robert Wanyonyi on witnessing and reporting on crime]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2012/02/01/wanyonyi_interview/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Cathal Sheerin of the Writers in Prison Committee of PEN International interviewed the journalist about reporting on an alleged massacre carried out by local police officers and the repercussions of his work.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:36:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2012/02/01/wanyonyi_interview/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - ARTICLE 19 publishes analysis of Freedom of Information Bill]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2012/02/01/foi_bill/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The draft bill is a positive step in the process of guaranteeing the right to access to information, but ARTICLE 19 encourages the government to amend several problematic sections before it is enacted.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:30:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2012/02/01/foi_bill/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - Journalist threatened for his reporting]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2011/12/13/wanyonyi_threatened/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Robert Wanyonyi received death threats after he reported on a melee between police and local villagers that left as many as seven people dead. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 06:40:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2011/12/13/wanyonyi_threatened/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - Draft Data Protection Bill critically limited, says ARTICLE 19]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2011/11/09/data_protection_bill/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ARTICLE 19 calls on the Constitution Implementation Commission to revise the bill to be in line with acceptable international standards on the right to freedom of expression and information.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:17:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2011/11/09/data_protection_bill/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - Freedom of expression standards should guide the fight against "counterfeit" mobile phones, says ARTICLE 19
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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2011/10/07/mobile_telephony/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In a country where mobile phones have enabled Kenyans to track the price of commodities, plan farming around the weather, or uncover corruption, a denial of service to as many as 20 per cent of mobile phones in the country would be a disproportionate response to the problem of counterfeit phones, argues ARTICLE 19. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:04:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2011/10/07/mobile_telephony/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uganda - Charges against human rights defender dropped]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uganda/2011/09/13/kimathi_released/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Al-Amin Kimathi had been charged with terrorism, as well as murder and attempted murder, and was held in pre-trial detention for nearly a year.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:44:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uganda/2011/09/13/kimathi_released/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - CPJ condemns break-in at "Nairobi Law Monthly"]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2011/09/13/nairobi_law_monthly_robbery/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Thieves broke into the magazine's second-story office, attacked two security guards with machetes and stole computers containing critical information for the magazine's October issue.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:22:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2011/09/13/nairobi_law_monthly_robbery/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - Prison guards shoot camera operator, attack crew]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2011/08/10/journalists_prison_attack/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Prison officials attacked three journalists from Nation Television who were covering an escape attempt by six inmates.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 08:19:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2011/08/10/journalists_prison_attack/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - Hospital staff said to attack journalist]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2011/06/23/hassan_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Abdi Hassan Hussein told CPJ he had visited the hospital with three colleagues to investigate complaints from patients.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:55:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2011/06/23/hassan_attacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - Human rights investigator deported]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2011/05/17/gutteridge_deported/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Clara Gutteridge case fits a trend of silencing critics of counterterrorism abuses, Human Rights Watch said.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 06:26:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2011/05/17/gutteridge_deported/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - New media laws must meet international standard, ARTICLE 19 says]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2011/02/18/new_media_laws/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ARTICLE 19 launches two legal analyses on two important laws relating to media freedom: The 2010 Media Bill and the 2010 Independent Communications Commission Bill.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 10:04:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2011/02/18/new_media_laws/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - Timely national conference on freedom of expression and regulations against harmful speech]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2010/06/29/foe_national_conference/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On 17-18 June 2010, experts and stakeholders debated the values and limits of freedom of expression and regulations against harmful speech in Nairobi.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:13:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2010/06/29/foe_national_conference/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - ARTICLE 19 recommends amendments to "hate speech" laws and proposed constitution]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2010/06/25/constitution_commentary/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The legal framework regulating hate speech falls short of international standards and raises serious concerns regarding the protection of the right to free expression, ARTICLE 19 said.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:46:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2010/06/25/constitution_commentary/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - Proposed constitution welcome but access to information must be implemented, says ARTICLE 19]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2010/05/12/proposed_constitution/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Unlike the existing constitution, the proposed text contains separate sections for the Right to Freedom of Expression and the Right to Information.
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      <pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 13:29:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2010/05/12/proposed_constitution/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - ARTICLE 19 building capacity of legal professionals on media law]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2010/04/05/capacity_building_workshop/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The training comes as increasingly restrictive laws are being passed, threatening the Ethiopian government's commitment to freedom of expression. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 06:55:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2010/04/05/capacity_building_workshop/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - ARTICLE 19 recommends changes to new broadcasting regulation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2010/03/01/broadcast_law_recommendations/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ARTICLE 19 recognises a number of positive features in the regulations and welcomes the fact that the Ministry of Information and Communications adopted some of ARTICLE 19's previous recommendations.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:11:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2010/03/01/broadcast_law_recommendations/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - Government announces tough new media laws]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2010/01/11/tough_new_laws/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The new laws have been announced despite an agreement reached with media owners in 2009.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:43:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2010/01/11/tough_new_laws/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - ARTICLE 19 analyses freedom of expression regime of Harmonised Draft Constitution]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2009/12/23/draft_constitution/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ARTICLE 19 welcomes the efforts to introduce a strong framework for freedom of expression, noting a number of positive aspects while at the same time outlining shortcomings.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:32:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2009/12/23/draft_constitution/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - Communications regulations require significant amendments, says ARTICLE 19]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2009/11/25/communications_regulatons/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Kenyan government must substantially revise the regulations so that they meet international standards for freedom of expression and media diversity, says ARTICLE 19.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:48:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2009/11/25/communications_regulatons/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - ARTICLE 19 submits report to United Nations Universal Periodic Review]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2009/11/05/unhrc_submission/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In comments submitted to the UN Human Rights Council, ARTICLE 19 raised concerns about the failure of Kenya to respect and promote freedom of expression and freedom of information.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2009/11/05/unhrc_submission/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - CPJ urges prime minister's intervention in journalist's murder case]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2009/09/23/nyaruri_investigation_stalled/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Local journalists have said that the murder investigation has now stalled completely.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:44:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2009/09/23/nyaruri_investigation_stalled/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - CPJ concerned over police intimidation of "Star" reporters ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2009/08/19/the_star_harassed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CPJ is concerned police are attempting to intimidate journalists at a private daily to reveal their sources for a recent article.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:28:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2009/08/19/the_star_harassed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ethiopia - IPI calls on governments of Ethiopia and Kenya to stop pressuring broadcaster]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ethiopia/2009/08/13/ntv_harassed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Kenya's 'Nation' Media Group tells IPI it will resist government pressure over investigative documentary about Ethiopian rebel fighters.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:40:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ethiopia/2009/08/13/ntv_harassed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - Key witnesses in journalist's murder go into hiding amid death threats]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2009/06/08/witnesses_in_hiding/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Senior police officers are suspected of having masterminded the killing and are seen as the ones stalling the investigations into the murder.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:36:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2009/06/08/witnesses_in_hiding/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - Expand free expression rights in new draft constitution, says ARTICLE 19]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2009/05/21/new_draft_constitution/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Constitutional Review Process seeks to improve the current Constitution of Kenya which was first developed in 1963, and amended in 1996.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 08:21:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2009/05/21/new_draft_constitution/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - Triumph for journalists as government agrees to amend media law]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2009/05/20/govt_to_amend_law/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Following a concerted campaign, the Kenyan government has published amendments to the Communications Act, which will delete a controversial clause that allows the government to raid broadcasting stations, report the Africa Free Media Foundation, the Media Institute and local news reports.
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      <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 15:17:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2009/05/20/govt_to_amend_law/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenya - Government to dispel repressive clause in media law]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2009/05/14/government_to_dispel_clause/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The proposed amendments will also get rid of provisions granting the government power to scrutinize and control content broadcast on TV and radio. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 08:21:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kenya/2009/05/14/government_to_dispel_clause/</guid>
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