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    <title>IFEX - Syria</title>
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    <description>Syria</description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:30:35 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Journalist killed in Homs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/02/09/journalist_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mazhar Tayyara, a stringer for Agence France-Presse and other international outlets,  sustained multiple severe injuries when government forces fired on the city of Homs and died hours later at the hospital.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/02/09/journalist_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Amid fresh bombing, security forces torture children, says Human Rights Watch]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/02/08/children_tortured_journalist_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Syria's bloody crackdown on dissent does not discriminate by age: children as young as 13 have been detained and tortured with impunity by Syrian forces fighting opposition protests, documents Human Rights Watch in a new report.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/02/08/children_tortured_journalist_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Human Rights Watch report documents security forces' use of torture on child detainees]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/02/03/children_tortured/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[According to a new Human Rights Watch report, "Syrian security forces have killed, arrested, and tortured children in their homes, their schools, or on the streets. In many cases, security forces have targeted children just as they have targeted adults."]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/02/03/children_tortured/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Authorities detain blogger]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/01/16/ghazy_kanass_arrested/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The whereabouts of Mohammad Ghazy Kanas are still unknown; he was arrested by security forces on 3 January.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/01/16/ghazy_kanass_arrested/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Army shoots protesters attempting to reach observers]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/01/12/jisr_alshughur_protests/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[When protesters approached a checkpoint on the way to the Baath party square to meet with Arab League observers, army personnel barred them from proceeding and, after the protesters refused to disperse, opened fire on the crowd, injuring at least nine protesters.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/01/12/jisr_alshughur_protests/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Watch RSF parody on al-Assad's censorship regime]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/01/11/rsf_parody/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has released a video that parodies the iPhone voice app Siri, which understands and responds to the user, to condemn Syria's censorship regime. Watch "Siri vs Syrie" <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4g4wq0FyWU&feature=relmfu" target="new">here</a>.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/01/11/rsf_parody/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - French TV reporter killed in Homs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/01/11/jacquier_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gilles Jacquier was killed by a shell or rocket that landed on a group of journalists, killing Jacquier on the spot and wounding many others.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/01/11/jacquier_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - RSF launches parody video on censorship]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/01/09/siri_in_syria/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The video shows Siri, whose answers to queries are not always relevant, being completely stumped by questions about current events in Syria because of the government’s news blackout.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/01/09/siri_in_syria/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Arab League observers urged to visit jailed bloggers and journalists, demand their release]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/01/03/milan_released/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[While blogger Jehad Jamal, also known as "Milan", and others have been released, many journalists and bloggers are still being held.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/01/03/milan_released/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Journalist succumbs to injuries]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/01/03/burghul_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gunmen deliberately shot Shukri Ahmed Ratib Abu Burghul in the face on 30 December, after he hosted his weekly programme on Radio Damascus.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/01/03/burghul_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Citizen journalist killed in Homs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/01/02/alsayed_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Basil Al-Sayed, a 24-year-old citizen journalist, was shot in the head by security forces while filming in the Homs district of Bab Amr and died while being taken to hospital.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/01/02/alsayed_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - ANHRI condemns ongoing killing, repression of peaceful protesters]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/12/27/protesters_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On 26 December, security and military forces fired live ammunition at protesters, claiming the lives of 44 civilians in several areas, primarily in Homs and Hamah.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/12/27/protesters_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Journalist arrested while covering demonstration]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/12/22/dahnoun_arrested/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Eyewitnesses say Mohamed Dahnoun was escorted away from a demonstration in the Al-Midan area of Damascus and detained in an unknown location. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/12/22/dahnoun_arrested/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Syria must release imprisoned journalists, says CPJ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/12/16/imprisoned_journalists/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[in an open letter, CPJ urges the Syrian government to end the harassment and intimidation of journalists and to disclose the names, health status, and location of all the journalists in prison.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/12/16/imprisoned_journalists/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Photographer and film producer Guevara Nemer detained]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/12/13/nemr_detained/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Immigration authorities arrested Nemer as she was on her way to the United Arab Emirates to attend the Dubai Film Festival.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/12/13/nemr_detained/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - IFEX members sound alarm on worsening situation as cameraman found dead and prominent blogger detained]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/12/07/violations_roundup/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Following the mutilation and murder of a cameraman in Syria, which comes at a time when arrests and disappearances of free expression advocates are the order of the day, numerous IFEX members have called on the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to take measures to hold to account those responsible for the mass violations.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/12/07/violations_roundup/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Blogger arrested at border on her way to media conference]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/12/05/ghazawi_arrested/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Razan Ghazawi is a media coordinator, poet and blogger. Her arrest is yet another part of the government's campaign to silence critical voices, says ANHRI.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/12/05/ghazawi_arrested/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Civil society organisations call on UNHRC to convene special session on Syria]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/11/28/unhrc_joint_letter/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Five IFEX members and other organisations called on the Council to consider the findings of the Syrian Commission of Inquiry and ensure accountability for attacks on peaceful protesters.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/11/28/unhrc_joint_letter/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Formerly missing journalist now on trial; activists accused of inciting protests]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/11/22/activists_charged/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Activist and blogger Hussein Ghrer was referred from the State Security Administration to civil justice after writing on his blog, "We don't want a country where we get imprisoned for uttering a word."]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/11/22/activists_charged/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Cameraman found dead, last seen being arrested]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/11/21/jarban_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ferzat Jarban was filming anti-regime protests in al-Qasir in Homs governorate when authorities arrested him on Saturday 19 November.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/11/21/jarban_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Disappearances and detentions of journalists reaching "catastrophic" levels]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/11/16/disappearances_detentions/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[While the Syrian military regime murdered hundreds of citizens protesting against the dictatorship in recent months, the pattern of disappearances and detentions of journalists has also continued, report the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF). ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/11/16/disappearances_detentions/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - RSF urges foreign media to take utmost care to protect local sources]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/11/16/protect_local_sources/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[While foreign reporters arrested face a few days in detention and then deportation, Syrians pay a much higher price for their involvement.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/11/16/protect_local_sources/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Journalists, blogger missing]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/11/01/journalists_missing/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Hussein Ghrer disappeared after leaving his home on October 24; the circumstances of his arrest, his condition, and his whereabouts are unknown.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/11/01/journalists_missing/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - List of detained bloggers and journalists gets longer amid pro-regime rallies
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/10/28/detentions_ongoing/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[British journalist Sean McAllister, who was detained by authorities in Damascus for five days last week while working undercover on a report for Channel 4 News, has offered some grim insights into the mistreatment and torture of government opponents in Syrian prisons.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/10/28/detentions_ongoing/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Human Rights Watch calls on Arab League to deploy civilian monitors]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/10/26/civilian_monitors/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[At least 186 protesters and residents have been killed since the Arab League's October 16 meeting, according to Syrian human rights activists.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/10/26/civilian_monitors/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - ANHRI condemns censorship of novel by Arab Writers Union]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/10/21/distribution_prevented/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Charging the novel of being "seditious" and "glorif[ying] the Persian race and belittl[ing] other races," the Arab Writers Union banned the distribution of the novel "Sayed Al-Hawma", written by Abdul-Nasser Al-Ayed.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/10/21/distribution_prevented/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Human rights groups voice need for strong and urgent Security Council action]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/10/03/security_council_resolution/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Since mass protests began, the UN has estimated at least 2,600 civilians have been killed, the majority of them protesters and local residents shot with live ammunition by the security forces and army. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 11:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/10/03/security_council_resolution/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Journalist arrested, held without charge]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/09/07/matar_arrest/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Prior to his arrest, Amer Matar e-mailed a copy of his will to a friend and said, "I may not come back from Friday prayers."]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/09/07/matar_arrest/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Government announces new media law
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/09/02/new_media_law/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Article 12 calls for "responsible freedom of expression" but provides no definition of the term, thereby allowing a great deal of scope for arbitrary interpretation.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/09/02/new_media_law/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Critical cartoonist viciously attacked by armed men]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/08/25/ferzat_broken_hands/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ali Ferzat had recently published a cartoon showing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad hitchhiking along a road trying to get a lift from a car driven by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/08/25/ferzat_broken_hands/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - UN team should insist on protection of protesters, says Human Rights Watch]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/08/24/homs_protestors_assault/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The authorities have demonstrated with gunfire and bloodshed that their promise to allow the UN to conduct a humanitarian mission without hindrance is hollow, says Human Rights Watch.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/08/24/homs_protestors_assault/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[International - Human Rights Watch presses OIC to rein in Syria]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/international/2011/08/22/oic_action_needed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Organization of Islamic Cooperation should immediately take action against Syria for violating the organisation's charter by systematically and brutally suppressing peaceful civilian protests, Human Rights Watch said.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/international/2011/08/22/oic_action_needed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Arab League breaks its silence and condemns Assad's massacre of protesters; journalists disappear]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/08/17/arab_league_speaks_out/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[As both the United Nations Security Council and the Arab League demand that the Syrian regime end its bloody crackdown on protesters, security forces are continuing their brutal assault, report Human Rights Watch and the Arab Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI). In defiance of international demands, President Bashar al-Assad's aggressive military push to annihilate protests during the holy month of Ramadan has killed 40 people in the Syrian port city of Latakia in the past week. The regime is also abducting dissident journalists and bloggers as it continues its war on information, reports Reporters Without Borders (RSF).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/08/17/arab_league_speaks_out/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Journalists, bloggers arrested and beaten as information war continues ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/08/17/journalists_abducted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Isolated internationally, the authorities persist in censoring any discourse different from their own, jailing netizens and journalists who have witnessed violence against protesters, says RSF.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/08/17/journalists_abducted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Government urged to heed UN Security Council's call, end attacks on peaceful protests]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/08/04/attacks_on_protesters/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[At least 100 residents were killed during a security forces' military assault on the city of Hama, according to local human rights groups.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/08/04/attacks_on_protesters/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Writers released under amnesty]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/07/28/writers_released/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Those released include writer, journalist and activist 'Ali al-Abdullah, lawyer and writer Muhannad al-Hassani, novelist Raghdah Sa'id Hassan, poet and lawyer Mustafa Ismail, and writers Husam 'Ali Mulhim and Tarek Al-Gorani.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/07/28/writers_released/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - String of arrests in Syria; journalist dismissed in Egypt
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/07/27/journalist_dismissed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Dina Abd-Al Rahman was fired following an on-air altercation with a former air force officer. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/07/27/journalist_dismissed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Campaign of mass arrests intensifies; key opposition figure, activist detained]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/07/21/sabra_arrested/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[George Sabra was taken by plainclothes security forces from his home on the morning of 20 July; his family has not received any information on his whereabouts.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/07/21/sabra_arrested/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - ANHRI condemns arrest of writer Ali Al Abdallah]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/07/19/abdallah_arrest/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A prominent political writer and opposition figure, Ali Al Abdallah was arrested at his home, while the armed forces were looking for his son Omar Al Abdallah.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/07/19/abdallah_arrest/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - ANHRI condemns detention of intellectuals, media workers]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/07/18/damascus_arrests/</link>
      <description><![CDATA["The Syrian regime is ignoring all moral considerations, and international covenants on human rights, violating all rights of citizenship, and using oppression and repression as a means to confront peaceful protestors," said ANHRI.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/07/18/damascus_arrests/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Dutch reporter briefly detained, deported to Turkey]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/07/15/zeegers_expelled/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Maarten Zeegers, a Dutch national who was told his name was on a list of "undesired foreigners", was detained for several hours when he went to renew his residence permit.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/07/15/zeegers_expelled/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Revolutionary singer killed in regime's propaganda war]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/07/13/assad_propaganda_war/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Over the past few weeks in the northern city of Hama, Syria, up to 200,000 residents would gather nightly in al-Aqsi Square to do their part in the Arab uprisings. Most nights, Ibrahim Kashoush, popularly known as "the singer of the revolution", would perform political songs that expressed the defiance of the people. That ended abruptly on 5 July, when his throat was slit by security forces amid a series of deadly raids, reports the Arabic Network of Human Rights Information (ANHRI).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/07/13/assad_propaganda_war/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Young man killed after singing anti-Assad song during demonstration]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/07/12/kashoush_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ibrahim Kashoush was reportedly killed by Syrian security forces in Hama, north of Damascus.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/07/12/kashoush_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Blogger arrested, held at unknown location]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/07/11/almarawi_detained/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The reason for Anas Al-Marawi's detention has not been revealed, but it is believed to result from his support for democratic reform demands.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/07/11/almarawi_detained/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Shootings, arrests follow Hama protest]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/07/07/hama_protest/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A massive demonstration was allowed to proceed but the next day, security forces and pro-government armed groups raided homes, opening fire several times, and set up checkpoints encircling the city. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 14:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/07/07/hama_protest/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Deaths of three protesters raise death toll in Homs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/07/04/homs_crackdown/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Three new deaths in recent crackdown on protesters bring the total to at least 21 killed since 17 June 2011. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/07/04/homs_crackdown/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Authorities urged to produce evidence that jailed blogger is alive and well]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/06/24/jailed_blogger/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Reports questioning whether Tal al-Mallohi is alive emerged after Khalid al-Khalaf, a human rights defender, stated that a "sympathetic Syrian judge" had said the blogger had died in prison. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/06/24/jailed_blogger/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Keep supporting the real bloggers who are taking real risks to inform, says RSF]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/06/16/amina_unmasked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In a 12 June post, Tom MacMaster, an American student based in Scotland, admitted to having been the sole author of "A Gay Girl in Damascus," a blog in which he pretended to be Amina Abdallah, a young woman with US and Syrian dual nationality.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/06/16/amina_unmasked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Crackdown on dissent continues in spite of selective presidential amnesty]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/06/13/presidential_amnesty/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[According to WiPC information, several writers arrested in the recent crackdown on anti-government protests were reported to have been released as part of a presidential amnesty.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/06/13/presidential_amnesty/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Woman blogger abducted in continuing crackdown on coverage of protests]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/06/09/blogger_abducted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Amina Arraf, who blogs under the name of Amina Abdalla and who holds dual US and Syrian citizenship, was kidnapped by three gunmen as she was going to a meeting in Damascus.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 11:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2011/06/09/blogger_abducted/</guid>
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