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    <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 04:46:38 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Call for release of rights activists facing terrorism charges in Syria]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2013/05/17/terrorism_charges_against_activists/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Nineteen regional and international human rights organisations call on the Syrian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release and drop all charges against Mazen Darwish and two of his colleagues from the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 08:23:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - German freelance journalist reportedly in Syrian custody]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2013/05/14/journalist_in_syrian_custody/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[German freelance journalist Armin Wertz has reportedly been detained for more than a week by police in Aleppo. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 07:10:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Internet in Syria goes dark, leaving questions and uncertainty]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2013/05/08/internet_blackout/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Internet traffic between Syria and Western online services had plummeted drastically, indicated that the country's connection to the wider Internet had been shut down.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 07:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2013/05/08/internet_blackout/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Two foreign journalists missing in Syria]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2013/05/01/foreign_reporters_missing/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Two European journalists went missing in western Syria three weeks ago. News reports identified the journalists as Domenico Quirico, a veteran reporter for the Italian daily <em>La Stampa</em>, and Pierre Piccinin da Prata, a Belgian academic and freelance writer.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 11:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Latest threat to journalists covering Syria: Identity fraud 
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2013/04/17/deliberate_disinformation/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[As unverified information runs rampant through websites and social media, certain journalists covering Syria are finding that false reports attributed to them are putting them at risk.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:40:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Abducted Italian journalists freed in Syria]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2013/04/17/journalists_freed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[News accounts reported that the abducted journalists were believed to have been held for more than a week by the rebel group affiliated with Al-Qaeda, Jabhat Al-Nusra.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:13:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Sky News Arabic crew attacked in Syria]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2013/04/11/news_crew_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Syrian security forces assaulted and briefly detained a Sky News Arabic crew on 8 April 2013.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 08:14:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2013/04/11/news_crew_attacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - 4 Italian journalists siezed in Syria days after Assad extends offer of amnesty to kidnappers]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2013/04/09/four_journalists_kidnapped/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In an April 2 decree, Bashar al-Assad reportedly gave kidnappers in the country 15 days to hand over victims or face a lifetime of hard labour and a possible death sentence in the event that a victim was killed, permanently disabled or sexually abused.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 09:25:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - German journalist shot in Syria during military clash]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2013/04/02/journalist_shot/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In Aleppo, on 29 March 2013, German journalist Jörg Armbruster was seriously injured by gunfire and has been evacuate to Turkey for emergency medical treatment.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 09:16:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Kidnapped Ukrainian journalist escapes from Syrian captors]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2013/03/14/journalist_freed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Kidnapped reporter Anhar Kochneva disappeared on 9 October 2012. Most news reports characterised her as having fled her captors.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:10:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2013/03/14/journalist_freed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Audio: How Syria's conflict has changed the rules for freelancers]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2013/03/07/freelance_war_coverage/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The implications of the decision by The Sunday Times to refuse all work out of Syria offered by freelancers.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:31:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2013/03/07/freelance_war_coverage/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - French photographer dies from injuries in Syria]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2013/02/25/photographer_dead/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Photographer Olivier Voisin sustained serious head and arm injuries from an exploding shell on 21 February while covering the operations of a katiba (armed opposition group) near the northern city of Idlib.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 08:06:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2013/02/25/photographer_dead/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Citizen journalist died under torture in Syria
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2013/02/04/journalist_dies_under_torture/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ayham Mostafa Ghazzoul, a contributor to the Damascus-based Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM), died under torture while held by air force intelligence four days after being arrested on 5 November 2012.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 06:30:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Syrian playwright arrested, whereabouts unknown]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2013/01/22/syria_playwright_arrested/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Syrian playwright Zaki Cordillo has been detained in Damascus since 13 August 2012 at an unknown location and may be at serious risk of torture and ill-treatment. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 07:25:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Al Jazeera reporter killed by sniper in Syria ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2013/01/21/aljazeera_reporter_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Journalist Mohammad al-Hourani is the second journalist this year to be killed in Syria by sniper fire. Only a day earlier, French correspondant Yves Debay was shot dead in Aleppo.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2013/01/21/aljazeera_reporter_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - French military correspondent shot dead in Syria]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2013/01/18/war_reporter_shot_dead/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[International journalist Yves Debay was killed by a sniper while covering fighting in Aleppo in Syria. His death marks the first journalist killed in Syria in 2013. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 11:30:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2013/01/18/war_reporter_shot_dead/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - US journalist James Foley kidnapped in Syria]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2013/01/03/kidnapped_journalist/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Freelance journalist James Foley was abducted on 22 November in Syria. His family, previously unwilling to disclose this information, has now launched a public campaign to seek his release. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 10:40:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2013/01/03/kidnapped_journalist/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Video: Rami Jarrah on the rise of citizen journalism in Syria]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/12/20/cjfe_honours_rami_jarrah/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Citizen journalist Rami Jarrah talks about why he risked his life to document a brutal government crackdown in Syria.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 09:13:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/12/20/cjfe_honours_rami_jarrah/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Syrian captors threaten to execute kidnapped journalist
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/12/12/threats_execution_reporter/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Members of the Free Syrian Army have threatened to kill Ukrainian journalist Anhar Kochneva on 13 December 2012 if their demand for USD 50 million is not paid.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:41:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/12/12/threats_execution_reporter/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Three Syrian journalists dead as fighting continues]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/12/04/journalist_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Two citizen journalists have been killed during shelling of different neighbourhoods, and one journalist working for a government daily newspaper was killed on his way to work. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 11:45:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/12/04/journalist_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Internet shuts down across Syria]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/11/29/internet_shutdown/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Syria has experienced an unprecedented Internet blackout, raising concerns about the communications rights of its citizens. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:27:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/11/29/internet_shutdown/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - More Syrian news providers killed by regular army, rebels or Kurdish militia]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/11/23/syria_journalist_deaths/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[At least four journalists and citizen-journalists have been killed by the regular army, the rebel Free Syrian Army or Kurdish militiamen in the past week.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2012 11:31:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/11/23/syria_journalist_deaths/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Syrian video editor dies in prison, media arrests continue
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/11/09/arrests_journalists_assassinations/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Hisham Moussali, video editor for the Syrian national television, has reportedly died under torture. Journalist Shaza al-Madad and writer Daher Ayta were recently arrested. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 07:40:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/11/09/arrests_journalists_assassinations/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Syrian activist tortured to death by Assad's intelligence forces
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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/10/31/activist_tortured/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[As a result of brutal and systematic torture carried out by President Bashar al-Assad's intelligence forces, a young Syrian media activist has died. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:16:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/10/31/activist_tortured/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Lebanese freelancer abducted by Syrian armed rebel group]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/10/29/abduction_freelancer/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A Syrian armed rebel group kidnapped freelance journalist Fidaa Itani, claiming his work is incompatible with the revolution.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 13:20:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/10/29/abduction_freelancer/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Free peaceful activists, journalists, aid workers in Syrian amnesty 
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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/10/24/assad_activists_abuses/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A coalition of human rights organisations calls on President Bashar al-Assad to release all peaceful activists, media professionals, and humanitarian assistance providers as part of an amnesty announced on 23 October, and give independent monitors access to detention facilities.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:58:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/10/24/assad_activists_abuses/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - News providers in Syria continue to be targeted]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/10/22/news_providers_targeted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[An activist was killed while filming shelling in Syria, whereas a writer has been tortured to death; a Ukrainian journalist is believed to be held by the Free Syrian Army. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 07:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/10/22/news_providers_targeted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Cameraman killed in deadly month for journalists in Syria]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/10/10/cameraman_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The killing of cameraman Mohamed Al-Ashram on 10 October follows a deadly string of attacks on citizen journalists in Syria over the last month.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/10/10/cameraman_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Syrian human rights lawyer detained]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/10/05/release_lawyer/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Khaleel Ma'atoq, known for his defense of prisoners of opinion in the country, was arrested by Syrian security forces on 2 October.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 08:50:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/10/05/release_lawyer/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Journalist killed by sniper during attack by rebels in Syria]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/09/26/journalists_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Maya Naser was killed while reporting on twin explosions, for which the Free Syrian Army claimed responsibility.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:59:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/09/26/journalists_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Syrian journalist killed in allegedly targeted attack]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/09/26/journalist_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Syrian security forces launched an assault on the home of Abdel Karim al-Oqda, who had recorded hundreds of videos on the country's conflict.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:44:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/09/26/journalist_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Government forces reportedly holding three foreign journalists in Syria]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/08/31/foreign_journalists_held/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Turkish cameraman Cüneyt Ünal, Jordanian reporter Bashar Fahmi Al-Kadumi and US freelancer Austin Tice are held by Syrian government forces.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 07:34:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/08/31/foreign_journalists_held/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Send a postcard to help Syrian poets]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/08/28/poets_postcards/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[PEN International is asking you to download special postcards it created to help free Syrian poets Dia’a Al-Abdulla and Tal Al-Mallouhi and honour the late poet and singer Ibrahim Qashoush.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:26:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/08/28/poets_postcards/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Two more media workers killed in Syria]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/08/23/ipi_two_more_media_workers/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Musab Mohamed Said al-Oudaallah, a reporter with the government newspaper Tishreen, was killed by Syrian regime forces during a raid at his home in Damascus and "media activist" Omar Hamed Al-Zamil was killed by shelling in Daraa.
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 09:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/08/23/ipi_two_more_media_workers/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Japanese reporter killed in Syria, two others missing
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/08/21/yamamoto_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mika Yamamoto, a Japanese reporter for the Japan Press agency, was killed in Syria while covering fighting between government forces and rebels in Aleppo.
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 07:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/08/21/yamamoto_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Three Syrian journalists killed in seven days]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/08/17/three_journalists_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A total of three journalists have been killed in Syria in seven days while a spate of kidnappings of Syrian media personnel has continued, in one case in neighbouring Lebanon. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 10:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Syrian journalist kidnapped in Homs
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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/08/16/sattouf_kidnapped/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Unidentified armed men kidnapped a correspondent for Al-Alam, an Iranian satellite broadcaster supportive of the Syrian government.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 06:25:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/08/16/sattouf_kidnapped/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - State television crew missing following clash between Syrian army and rebels]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/08/13/transformed__state_tv_crew_missing/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A crew from the pro-government television station al-Ikhbariya and their driver are unaccounted for since their disappearance after a clash between the Syrian army and rebel forces in the suburbs of Damascus.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 09:47:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/08/13/transformed__state_tv_crew_missing/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Syria's intelligence service refuses to produce rights defender in court
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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/08/09/darwish_missing/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Activist Mazen Darwish, of whom there has been no news since his arrest, will be tried by a special Syrian military court that holds its hearings behind closed doors.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:36:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/08/09/darwish_missing/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Spate of attacks on Syrian state media and journalists
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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/08/07/tv_station_bombed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The headquarters of a state TV station was bombed, and a TV presenter was kidnapped and executed. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 11:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/08/07/tv_station_bombed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Five Turkish journalists wounded in Aleppo, latest danger zone for media personnel
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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/08/03/journalists_injured/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Three of the journalists were hit by sniper fire while the other two were struck by shrapnel from a shell that exploded nearby.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Sculptor tortured to death by security forces  ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/08/02/qaston_dies/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Wael Qaston had been detained in a prison affiliated with the security branches in Hams.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 09:21:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Citizen journalist held for over a month for possessing revolutionary songs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/07/30/khaled_saad_detained/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Fatima Khaled Saad was rushed to Latakia military hospital after being mistreated during a lengthy interrogation by intelligence officers.
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      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2012 11:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - RSF pays tribute to citizen journalists killed during uprising]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/07/25/deadtweet_campaign/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[RSF, through a live tweet application, is bringing to life the experiences of people who find ways of circulating information in the midst of danger.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:31:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/07/25/deadtweet_campaign/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Citizen-journalist arrested in Damascus]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/07/19/qabbani_arrested/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A member of the Local Coordination Committee in Homs, Salim Qabbani has made regular appearances on news broadcasts, such as Al-Jazeera. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:23:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Two Iraqi journalists killed]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Falah Taha was killed while covering ongoing clashes between government forces and the Free Syrian Army in the capital, Damascus.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 08:32:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - As fighting escalates, citizen journalists bear heavy cost]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/07/13/citizen_journalists_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[As violence escalates, at least two journalists have been killed in the capital region in the past month.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 10:09:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - ARTICLE 19 post censored by Facebook]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/07/11/a19_censored/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The social networking website deleted a post that linked to a Human Rights Watch report on torture in Syria.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 10:40:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - June marked by killing of unprecedented number of citizen journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/07/09/killed_report/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Around 10 citizen journalists have been killed since late May, according to RSF.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2012 10:51:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/07/09/killed_report/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Syria - Human Rights Watch documents use of torture centers]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2012/07/04/torture_centers/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The systematic patterns of ill-treatment and torture documented clearly point to a state policy of torture and ill-treatment since the beginning of the crackdown on anti-government protests.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2012 09:55:00 -0700</pubDate>
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