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    <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 18:59:06 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - Female Libyan journalist attacked in Benghazi by group of armed men]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2013/05/08/journalist_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On 4 May, a group of armed men attacked Mabruka Almesmari, a female freelance photojournalist, during a peaceful protest in Benghazi against the sieges of government ministries in Tripoli and the pressure by certain groups to pass a Political Isolation Law that would purge former officials of Muammar Gaddafi’s ousted regime.
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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 08:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - Three journalists briefly abducted in Libya]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2013/05/06/journalists_abducted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Three television journalists were briefly abducted in Libya in April 2013.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 08:27:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2013/05/06/journalists_abducted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - Multiple kidnappings of media workers in Libya]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2013/04/30/media_kidnappings/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On 28 April, armed militiamen kidnapped Mahmoud Al-Farjani, correspondent for<em> Al-Arabiya</em>, while he was covering a militia demonstration. He was held for seven hours during which he was beaten and threatened with death. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:51:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2013/04/30/media_kidnappings/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - Libya's journalists face growing threats to their safety ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2013/04/29/journalists_under_threat/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In one of the latest cases, journalists were attacked by parliamentary security personnel on 20 April while covering a conference on “Reconciliation in Southern Libya” that the government and Libya’s legislature, the General National Congress (GNC), organized mainly for the benefit of the Tebu and Awlad Suleiman tribes.
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      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:24:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2013/04/29/journalists_under_threat/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - Libya must let editor travel for medical care]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2013/04/29/journalist_denied_medical_care/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Editor Amara al-Khatabi, who has been in prison since 19 December 2012, waged a hunger strike to protest his detention conditions and is now facing serious health issues for which he is denied medical attention. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:56:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2013/04/29/journalist_denied_medical_care/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - Free speech in post-Gaddafi Libya]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2013/04/25/free_speech_after_gaddafi/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[After the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya has seen a flourishing of new media outlets and NGOs. But two years on, the country still faces challenges to free expression, says Ghazi Gheblawi.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 07:27:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2013/04/25/free_speech_after_gaddafi/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - Libyan editor freed on bail, still faces criminal defamation trial]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2013/04/23/journalist_released/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Editor Amara Hassan Al-Khitabi has been released on bail after four months in detention; he is still charged with defaming and insulting the judicial system and has been banned from leaving Libya before the end of his trial. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 07:22:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2013/04/23/journalist_released/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - Libyan justice minister calls for release of ailing newspaper editor]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2013/04/15/release_ailing_editor/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Newspaper editor Amara Hassan Al-Khatabi is said to be the first journalist in Libya to go on trial for “insulting” authorities since the ouster of Muammar Gaddafi. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2013/04/15/release_ailing_editor/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - Editor held for more than three months in Libya for insulting the judiciary
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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2013/04/01/editor_held_for_months/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Amara Abdallah Al-Khitabi, the editor of the privately-owned newspaper <em>Al-Umma</em>, is charged with defaming and insulting the judiciary because the 21 November issue of his newspaper carried a list of 87 judges and prosecutors suspected of corruption. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 07:44:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2013/04/01/editor_held_for_months/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - Gunmen storm Libyan TV station, two people still held captive

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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2013/03/08/gunmen_attack_station/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Jomaa Osta and Nabil Shebani were among a total of eight people initially kidnapped by the group of gunmen when they overran the TV station yesterday afternoon. The others – Al-Assema journalists and journalists employed by other Libyan media – were all later released.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:34:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2013/03/08/gunmen_attack_station/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Africa - Despite their role in the Arab uprisings, women still face marginalisation
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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/north_africa/2013/03/06/women_protesters_role/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Women in Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya, who were at the forefront of their countries' revolutions, are still fighting for their rights to be realised. 
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      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 07:11:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/north_africa/2013/03/06/women_protesters_role/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - Libyan security guards violently attack TV crew ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2013/02/06/guards_attack_tvcrew/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Security guards in Tripoli attacked reporter Salah Abu Za’tar, cameraman Mus’ab Ali Al-Harari and driver Abdelfatah Mansour Mohammad Al-Danouni, breaking four of Danouni’s teeth and two of Harari’s teeth and leaving them with bruises and contusions.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 09:36:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2013/02/06/guards_attack_tvcrew/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - Libyan freedom of assembly law imposes undue restrictions]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2012/12/04/assembly_law/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Libyan and Arab human rights organizations are concerned that many aspects of the new law in Libya on the right to free assembly fail to uphold international human rights standards. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 14:09:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2012/12/04/assembly_law/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - Libyan parliament passes new law regulating demonstrations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2012/11/12/law_demonstrations/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A new law passed by the Libyan Parliament requires that organisers request permission from and provide details to authorities before gathering to demonstrate. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 11:24:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2012/11/12/law_demonstrations/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - Two TV journalists freed after negotiations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2012/07/17/journalists_released/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The intense negotiations for their release involved the National Transitional Council, the prime minister and many tribal elders.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 10:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2012/07/17/journalists_released/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - Interior Ministry urged to reverse decision restricting right to peaceful demonstrations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2012/07/16/rights_restricted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Libyan citizens and organisations were instructed that they may not hold or participate in a demonstration without prior permission from the ministry.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2012/07/16/rights_restricted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - Incoming government faces press freedom hurdles, says IPI]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2012/07/16/press_freedom_hurdles/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Journalists are calling on the government to pass and implement laws guaranteeing the media’s independence from government control.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 09:09:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2012/07/16/press_freedom_hurdles/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - Two TV cameramen abducted and held in Bani Walid]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2012/07/10/fosouk_badi_abducted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Abdelqader Fosouk and Youssuf Badi were reportedly kidnapped at around 5 p.m., as they were about to leave Bani Walid and return to Misrata in order to vote there before the polling stations closed.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 09:40:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2012/07/10/fosouk_badi_abducted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - Law restricting speech ruled unconstitutional]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2012/06/18/law_unconstitutional/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The presiding Judge declared a law that criminalised a variety of political speech unconstitutional, but added that the decision did not affect other pre-existing restrictions on speech, such as insulting Islam.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:36:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2012/06/18/law_unconstitutional/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - IFEX members demand repeal of law banning insults of state, Gaddafi glorification]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2012/05/09/gaddafi_propaganda_law/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Human Rights Watch and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) are urging Libya's interim government to repeal a broad new law that bans criticising last year's revolution and spreading false news or "propaganda" that endangers the state.
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 13:26:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2012/05/09/gaddafi_propaganda_law/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - Authorities urged to revoke new draconian law]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2012/05/07/draconian_law/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A new law banning insults against the people of Libya or its institutions, and prohibiting criticism of the country’s 2011 revolution and glorification of the deposed former leader Muammar Gaddafi, was passed on 2 May 2012.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 12:23:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2012/05/07/draconian_law/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - Two British journalists freed following nearly four weeks' detention]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2012/03/19/journalists_released/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Nicholas Davies-Jones and Gareth Montgomery-Johnson,  who work for Iran’s state-owned English-language TV station Press TV, appeared at a news conference held by the interior ministry in Tripoli and were then driven to the British embassy.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 08:57:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2012/03/19/journalists_released/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - Militia urged to transfer journalists to state]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2012/02/27/libya_militia_should/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Saraya Swehli militia, commanded by Faraj Swehli, detained Nicholas Davies-Jones and Gareth Montgomery-Johnson, both British citizens, in Tripoli early on February 21, 2012, along with three Libyans.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:26:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2012/02/27/libya_militia_should/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - New rule halts delivery of journalist visas]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/12/21/journalists_visas/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In a letter to Libyan Prime Minister Abdurrahim al-Keib, CPJ expressed concern about the difficulties that many foreign journalists have been experiencing in obtaining a visa to the country. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:37:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/12/21/journalists_visas/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - Journalists under attack as fighting continues]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/08/31/tripoli_violence_against_press/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Four Italian journalists who were kidnapped in Libya were released last week, but the fate of both foreign and local journalists - including six Libyan reporters missing since the uprising started in February - remains up in the air as fighting rages on in Tripoli, reports the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
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      <pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:42:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/08/31/tripoli_violence_against_press/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - Six journalists still missing]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/08/26/journalists_still_missing/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The whereabouts of six Libyan journalists who have been missing for the past six months are still unknown.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:54:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/08/26/journalists_still_missing/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - ARTICLE 19 calls for freedom of expression to be protected in transitional constitutional charter]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/08/26/protect_foe_constitution/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Provisions in the recently published Draft Constitutional Charter for the Transitional Stage do not fully guarantee the right to freedom of expression, says ARTICLE 19. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:20:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/08/26/protect_foe_constitution/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - Four Italian journalists released after being held for 24 hours; two French journalists sustain gunshot wounds]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/08/25/italian_journalists_released/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The four journalists were abducted on the road between Zawiya and Tripoli. According to "La Stampa", their Libyan driver was killed in front of them.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 08:56:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/08/25/italian_journalists_released/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - American journalist escapes from prison after five months in captivity
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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/08/25/vandyke_free/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Matthew VanDyke was captured in mid-March by forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi. The Libyan government only recently admitted to having him in custody.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 08:09:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/08/25/vandyke_free/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - Trapped journalists in Tripoli must be treated as civilians, says CPJ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/08/23/rixos_hotel/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Journalists in the hotel said that snipers were positioned around the property where pro-Qaddafi forces are still operating.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:48:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/08/23/rixos_hotel/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - Australian journalist brutally attacked by unknown assailants in Benghazi]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/08/23/shelton_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Two armed men wearing military fatigues broke into Tracey Shelton's room at the Africa Hotel, tied her up, beat her, and attempted to kidnap her.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:03:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/08/23/shelton_attacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - Details of protesters' execution come to light]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/08/19/protesters_executed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Government forces fired on apparently peaceful protesters, killing at least two and wounding 10, in the town of Bani Walid, on 28 May 2011.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/08/19/protesters_executed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - NATO launches airstrikes at media outlet]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/08/10/airstrikes/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Three journalists were killed and 21 others injured in Tripoli after North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) warplanes bombed three transmission towers on 30 July in an effort to take Libyan state television off the air. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) have condemned the attack.
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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:01:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - ANHRI celebrates conclusion of workshop on capacity building for young journalists and citizen journalism]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/07/22/capacity_building_workshop/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The workshop was partially intended to provide young people with the necessary skills to contribute to media freedom in Libya.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:31:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/07/22/capacity_building_workshop/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - RSF releases mission report on the birth of free media in the east]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/06/27/free_media_libya/</link>
      <description><![CDATA["To consolidate any democratic future, an independent and professional press must emerge from all the media initiatives launched since the start of the war," noted RSF.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:54:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/06/27/free_media_libya/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - Government silent about fifth journalist killed; four journalists released]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/05/25/killed_freed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[UK-based South African photojournalist Anton Hammerl, 41, was shot dead by Libyan troops on 5 April near Brega in eastern Libya. He had been working with three other foreign journalists when they were fired upon by pro-Gaddafi forces. The other journalists were captured and later released; and only after crossing the border into Tunisia did they speak of Hammerl's death, fearing reprisal from the Libyan government if they mentioned it earlier in calls home. IFEX members are demanding the government release Hammerl's body and investigate the role of armed forces in his death.
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 12:53:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/05/25/killed_freed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - IFJ blasts Libya over "cruel" cover up of journalist's killing]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/05/20/killing_cover_up/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Authorities had maintained that photojournalist Anton Hammerl was alive and detained along with three other foreign reporters who were recently released.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 13:47:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/05/20/killing_cover_up/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - IFEX members honour photojournalists who lost their lives last week]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/04/27/hetherington_hondros_tributes/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[War photographers Chris Hondros and Tim Hetherington were killed last week while covering the fight between pro-Gaddafi forces and rebels for control of the Libyan city of Misrata. Two other journalists, Guy Martin, a Briton working for the photo agency Panos, and Michael Christopher Brown, a photojournalist for Corbis, were both seriously injured by the same mortar fire. IFEX members paid tribute to the journalists, and are regularly updating news on the free expression situation in Libya.
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:05:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/04/27/hetherington_hondros_tributes/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - Second photojournalist dies from injuries sustained in Misrata mortar attack]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/04/21/hondros_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Chris Hondros, a former Pulitzer Prize nominee, also won the 2006 Robert Capa Gold Medal for his "exceptional courage and initiative" in Iraq.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 08:37:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/04/21/hondros_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - Photojournalist killed, three photographers wounded in explosion]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/04/20/hetherington_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[British photojournalist and filmmaker Tim Hetherington was killed in an explosion in the western city of Misurata, believed to have been caused by a mortar round. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:53:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/04/20/hetherington_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - Reuters journalists come under attack in Syria and Libya
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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/03/31/reuters_journalists/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Citing diplomatic sources, Reuters said correspondent Suleiman al-Khalidi, a Jordanian national, had been detained in Damascus.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:39:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/03/31/reuters_journalists/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - Another journalist killed; more detained]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/03/23/nabbous_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The founder of a Libyan online news channel has become the second journalist killed in the country's conflict, while other journalists have been detained in Libya's effort to obstruct coverage of the uprising, report the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the International Press Institute (IPI) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:54:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/03/23/nabbous_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - Four journalists detained, three missing, another killed]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/03/21/al_nabbous_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mohammed al-Nabbous was killed by sniper fire while he was covering a battle in the vicinity of Benghazi, The Associated Press and regional news websites reported.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:05:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - Four "New York Times" journalists missing; "The Guardian" correspondent released
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/03/17/new_york_times/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The government gave its assurance that if the journalists were captured, they would be released unharmed, Bill Keller, executive editor of the "New York Times", is quoted as saying. 
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 09:17:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - Al-Jazeera journalist killed; several journalists detained, beaten, missing]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/03/16/killed_missing/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[After inviting foreign journalists into Libya, pro-Muammar Qaddafi forces have made every effort to impose a news blackout by confining journalists to their hotels, and assaulting and detaining those who try to report on anti-regime protests and violence against civilians. And as Qaddafi loyalists battle insurgents, deadly attacks on journalists have increased, report the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and other IFEX members. An Al-Jazeera journalist was killed on 12 March in an ambush on the outskirts of Benghazi, and three BBC journalists were detained for 21 hours and tortured.
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:05:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - Al-Jazeera journalist killed, another wounded]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/03/14/al_jaber_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ali Hassan al-Jaber was struck three times by bullets and died in hospital after the vehicle he was traveling in was fired upon by unidentified gunmen.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:24:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/03/14/al_jaber_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - Seven journalists unaccounted for, three others abused]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/03/11/journalists_missing/</link>
      <description><![CDATA["The abuse inflicted on international journalists raises serious concern about the welfare of Libyan journalists unaccounted for since the start of the conflict," said CPJ.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 07:35:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/03/11/journalists_missing/</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 13:49:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/03/04/foreign_journalists_restricted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - Journalists detained, broadcasts jammed]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/03/03/journalists_detained/</link>
      <description><![CDATA["We are deeply concerned for the welfare of six Libyan journalists who have either been detained or gone missing since the unrest began," said CPJ.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 09:17:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/03/03/journalists_detained/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libya - UN urged to suspend Libya's rights council role]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/02/28/suspend_libya_rights/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Non-governmental organisations, including four IFEX members, urged the UN General Assembly to immediately suspend Libya's membership rights in the UN Human Rights Council.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:50:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/libya/2011/02/28/suspend_libya_rights/</guid>
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