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    <pubDate>Sat, 22 Jul 2017 19:26:05 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Peña Nieto: Your country has become the world's deadliest for journalists in 2017, even deadlier than Syria]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2017/07/10/deadliest-country-journalists/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On the eve of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto&#39;s official visit to Paris, RSF wrote to him to voice concern about the very alarming situation for the media in his country, where at least seven journalists have been killed since the start of the year.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2017 18:41:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2017/07/10/deadliest-country-journalists/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Salvador Adame's body found in Michoacán]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2017/07/04/journalist-adame-body/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[As the list of journalists killed in Mexico gets steadily longer, RSF urged authorities to keep exploring the possibility that his death was linked to his work.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2017 05:37:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2017/07/04/journalist-adame-body/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - IFEX-ALC condemns alarming levels of violence against journalists in Mexico]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2017/05/25/ifex-alc-condemns-killings-of-journalists-in-mexico/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Despite the introduction of special protection mechanisms, the Mexican State’s measures have proven ineffective in curbing killings and disappearances of journalists.
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      <pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2017 11:07:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2017/05/25/ifex-alc-condemns-killings-of-journalists-in-mexico/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Javier Valdez: Chronicle of a death foretold? ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2017/05/18/valdez-cardenas-killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mexico is the deadliest country in the world for journalists. So why has the murder of Javier Valdez touched such a nerve among ordinary Mexicans? The answer: Uncompromising courage. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2017 10:19:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2017/05/18/valdez-cardenas-killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Fourth journalist murdered this year in Mexico; threats continue]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2017/04/18/asesinan-cuarto-periodista/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In his column, journalist Maximino Rodríguez addressed issues of politics, government, security, and violence in Baja California Sur. He had been receiving threats.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2017 13:58:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2017/04/18/asesinan-cuarto-periodista/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Spike in journalist killings in Mexico spurs international calls for justice]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2017/04/13/-article19-mexico-journalist-killings/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IFEX members around the world denounce the alarming rate of journalist murders in Mexico and demand a thorough evaluation of existing protection mechanisms. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Apr 2017 06:56:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2017/04/13/-article19-mexico-journalist-killings/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Month of the dead]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2017/04/03/deadly-month-journalists/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Only days after renowned journalist Miroslava Breach was murdered, journalists across Mexico continue to be the target of assassins&#39; bullets. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Apr 2017 20:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2017/04/03/deadly-month-journalists/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Mexican newspaper editor shot and wounded in Veracruz]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2017/03/30/veracruz-armando-arrieta-attack/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Editor Armando Arrieta most recently wrote about Mexican presidential candidate Margarita Zavala, the national oil company Pemex, and several deaths in a local hospital.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2017 16:32:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2017/03/30/veracruz-armando-arrieta-attack/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Journalist who covered politics and security is murdered in Chihuahua]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2017/03/27/miroslava-breach-asesinado/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Miroslava Breach Velducea, La Jornada correspondent, contributor to El Norte of Juárez, and director and owner of the MIR agency, was killed by gunshots on the morning of March 23, 2017, in the city of Chihuahua.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Mar 2017 10:03:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2017/03/27/miroslava-breach-asesinado/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Journalist assassinated in Veracruz, bringing total to 22 in the state]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2017/03/21/monlui-killed-veracruz/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ricardo Monlui Cabrera was director of the print publication <em>El Político</em> and owner of the <a href=&quot;http://elpolitico.com.mx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>elpolitico.com.mx</a> web page. He was also president of the Córdoba and Region Journalists and Photojournalists Association. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2017 19:11:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2017/03/21/monlui-killed-veracruz/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Journalists face intimidation in Colombia and Mexico, online portal subjected to cyber attack in Venezuela]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2017/03/14/attacks-journalists/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In Cauca, Colombia, three journalists of the Cali newspaper <em>El País</em> were approached and intimidated by two armed men who identified themselves as members of the National Liberation Army (ELN).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2017 11:28:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2017/03/14/attacks-journalists/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Ex-police commander jailed for 30 years for murder of Oaxaca journalist]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2017/03/08/30-year-sentence/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A court in Puerto Escondido convicted and sentenced Jorge Armando Santiago Martínez, the former commander of the Santiago de Jamiltepec municipal police, to 30 years in prison for shooting journalist Marcos Hernández Bautista multiple times on 21 January 2016.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2017 13:38:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2017/03/08/30-year-sentence/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Journalist who covered police beat is killed in Mexico]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2017/03/03/pineda-birto-killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Pineda Birto, 38, was the editor of the newspaper <em>La Voz de Tierra Caliente</em>, and stringer for <em>El Universal</em> and other local media. He covered local police actions and reported on social media that he had received threats from organized crime groups.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Mar 2017 13:42:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2017/03/03/pineda-birto-killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Civil society organisations condemn Mexican government surveillance of human rights defenders
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2017/02/16/spying_/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Recent targeted attacks with surveillance malware are related to the victims&#39; activities in defense of public health, particularly advocating for a soda tax and criticising deficient food labeling regulations.
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2017 03:41:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2017/02/16/spying_/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Gunmen shoot at home of Mexican indigenous rights reporter]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2017/01/10/valencia_juarez_shooting/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Unidentified assailants attacked the home of Mexican journalist Gabriel Valencia Juárez at about 10:15 p.m. on December 31, 2016. Valencia was only a meter from where one of the 9mm caliber bullets struck a piece of furniture.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2017 11:01:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2017/01/10/valencia_juarez_shooting/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Journalist assassinated in Chihuahua; 2016 now the most lethal year for the press]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/12/13/samaniego_asesinado/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ARTICLE 19 notes with alarm that efforts such as the early warning mechanism requested by the Federal Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders and Journalists and approved by the government of Chihuahua are proving ineffective, and attacks on journalists remain a constant.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2016 13:18:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/12/13/samaniego_asesinado/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - IAPA protests actions against journalists in Panama, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/panama/2016/12/07/intimidation_tactics_panama_mexico_brazil_argentina/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Inter American Press Association is urging authorities in Panama, Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina to investigate cases of intimidation of journalists in those countries that are seriously restricting press freedom.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2016 08:11:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/panama/2016/12/07/intimidation_tactics_panama_mexico_brazil_argentina/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Mexicans at 2016 IGF denounce human rights violations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/12/07/civil_society/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Surveillance malware, almost 100 journalists killed, torture, widespread violence against women. That&#39;s the reality for many Mexicans. A reality that civil society is no longer accepting.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2016 08:10:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/12/07/civil_society/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Staff at Mexican weekly fear attack by drug traffickers after report on criminal activities]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/12/02/zeta_weekly/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Inter American Press Association urges Mexico&#39;s authorities to &quot;firmly and urgently&quot; take measures to protect the staff of the weekly newspaper Zeta who said they have received threats from drug traffickers in reprisal for a report on their criminal activities.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2016 09:31:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/12/02/zeta_weekly/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Proposed changes to Mexico's right of reply could restrict press freedom]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/11/07/right_reply/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A draft ruling proposes support for a claim of unconstitutionality by political parties that would remove from the Law on Right of Reply the requirement of inaccuracy of information so that any offended individual could call for a correction by the media outlet concerned.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2016 09:51:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/11/07/right_reply/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Journalist assassinated in Puebla, second within a week in Mexico]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/09/19/cabrera_asesinato/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The conditions for freedom of expression in Mexico are alarming. In eight months, ARTICLE 19 has documented 10 assassinations of journalists, all with possible links to their work. On average one journalist is being killed every 26 days in the country. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2016 11:29:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/09/19/cabrera_asesinato/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Change to Mexican law leaves critical journalists at risk of steep fines]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/09/12/steep_fines/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Sergio Aguayo, one of Mexico&#39;s most prominent political commentators, said he was taken by surprise when he heard he was being sued for &quot;moral damages.&quot; ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2016 11:32:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/09/12/steep_fines/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Support PEN International's call for protection of Mexican Journalist Noe Zavaleta]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/09/02/call_for_protection_of_noe_zavaleta/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Join PEN International in calling on Mexican authorities to protect journalist and author Noe Zavaleta and investigate threats against him immediately.
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2016 07:27:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/09/02/call_for_protection_of_noe_zavaleta/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Mexican reporter wounded in Veracruz shooting]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/08/30/lopez_castillo_wounded/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Authorities in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz should credibly investigate a shooting attack against freelance journalist Lucia López Castillo and bring those responsible to justice.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2016 08:26:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/08/30/lopez_castillo_wounded/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - The Veracruz journalist exodus continues]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/08/23/fleeing_veracruz/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[As threats and abuses escalate, another journalist is forced to escape one of Mexico&#39;s most dangerous states for journalists.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2016 08:47:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/08/23/fleeing_veracruz/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Sexting is freedom of expression]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/07/25/sexting_libertad/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Government initiative in Mexico raises concerns about whether governments should be advising citizens not to indulge in sexting rather than protecting the rights of those who do. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2016 13:48:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/07/25/sexting_libertad/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Assassination of Mexican journalist highlights ineffectiveness of protection programmes]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/07/22/tamayo_asesinado/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In an interview with ARTICLE 19, the <em>El Piñero de la Cuenca</em> deputy editor said that the Veracruz CEAPP&#39;s protective measures &quot;were to no avail since those responsible for protecting [journalist Pedro Tamayo Rosas] only did rounds once or twice a week.&quot;]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2016 12:49:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/07/22/tamayo_asesinado/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - In Oaxaca, Mexico reporters covering teachers' union protests face violence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/07/13/teacher_protest/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Dozens of residents and striking teachers manning the blockade have painted anti-government slogans on the concrete of an overpass and are wary of anyone trying to pass--including reporters.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2016 11:37:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/07/13/teacher_protest/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Radio host is second commentator killed in Oaxaca within a week ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/06/30/salvador_olmos_oaxaca/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Salvador Olmos García, an announcer for the Tu Un Ñuu Savi community radio station, was assassinated by municipal police officers in Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca state, on the morning of 26 June 2016.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2016 12:56:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/06/30/salvador_olmos_oaxaca/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Violence, lawsuit, confiscations weaken press freedom in Mexico]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/06/29/oaxaca_tamaulipas/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Inter American Press Association has issued a statement expressing its concern over the adverse conditions and growing tensions affecting journalists and news media in Mexico, and criticized the inability of the government to guarantee the safe practice of journalism and press freedom in the country.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2016 12:18:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/06/29/oaxaca_tamaulipas/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Journalist killed in Oaxaca, Mexico after having reported on unrest]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/06/21/asesinato_oaxaca_ramos_zarate/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Reporter Elpidio Ramos Zárate was killed in the southwestern state of Oaxaca, after covering civil unrest and clashes between teachers and police.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2016 07:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/06/21/asesinato_oaxaca_ramos_zarate/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Mexico: Authorities must solve killing of yet another journalist in Veracruz]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/05/17/torres_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Worryingly, a statement by the office of the Veracruz state attorney general on 14 May did not recognise Manuel Torres as a journalist, identifying him only as an assistant and driver for a PRI town hall official in Poza Rica, work which Torres carried out alongside his journalism.
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2016 11:58:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/05/17/torres_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Fourth Mexican journalist killed this year was known as a government critic]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/04/26/beltran_asesinado/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Francisco Pacheco Beltrán, correspondent and editor, was murdered on the morning of April 25, 2016, while returning to his home in Taxco de Alarcón, Guerrero. Francisco was very critical of all three levels of government.
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      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2016 12:40:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/04/26/beltran_asesinado/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Mexico's Supreme Court has a unique opportunity to stand against mass surveillance]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/04/19/stand_surveillance/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[This week the Mexican Supreme Court will issue its judgement on the country’s data retention. It will decide on an injunction against the provisions of the the Federal Telecommunications Act, which requires all telephone companies and internet service providers to retain user communications data for 24 months.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2016 10:14:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/04/19/stand_surveillance/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Mexico must defend its human rights defenders from smear campaign]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/04/13/nieto_hrd_defence/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In the face of a smear campaign against human rights defenders in Mexico, IFEX asks President Nieto to speak out in support.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2016 09:04:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/04/13/nieto_hrd_defence/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Radio host assassinated in Tabasco is third journalist killed in Mexico in one month]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/02/24/locutor_dagdug/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[It is alarming that within the space of a month three journalists have been killed in Mexico, while federal authorities have at the same time failed to provide a strong response to ensure optimal conditions for journalists to freely carry out their work.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2016 13:47:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/02/24/locutor_dagdug/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Mexican reporter beaten, hospitalized after denouncing local corruption]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/02/18/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Journalist Pedro Sala García told CPJ that he had received a number of death threats in messages to his Facebook account and in calls to his home prior to the attack.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2016 12:58:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/02/18/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Enough is enough: Yet another Veracruz journalist is abducted and killed]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/02/10/enough_veracruz/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[It&#39;s a familiar story that always has the same sad ending. Anabel Flores Salazar, a crime reporter for <em>El Sol de Orizaba</em> newspaper, was found dead on 9 February 2016 in the state of Puebla, becoming the 15th journalist killed in Veracruz since 2010.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2016 11:58:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Two journalists killed in the same Mexican state in span of only two days]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/02/01/oaxaca_deaths/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[“The cocktail of violence, corruption and impunity has turned Mexico into a disastrous country for journalism,” said Emmanuel Colombié, the head of RSF’s Latin America desk.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2016 09:53:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/02/01/oaxaca_deaths/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Digital rights in Mexico: A review of 2015
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/01/12/derechos_digitales_2015/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[After the September 2014 disappearance of 43 students, the human rights crisis in Mexico came to a head in 2015. Following the patterns of previous years, the crisis extended to the realm of digital and Internet rights. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2016 10:10:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2016/01/12/derechos_digitales_2015/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Mexican newspaper columnist receives graphic death threat in the mail]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2015/12/01/azuela_amenaza/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Maite Azuela, a columnist for <em>El Universal</em> whose articles focus on political rights, received a death threat in mail delivered to her home in Mexico City’s Federal District.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2015 13:38:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2015/12/01/azuela_amenaza/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - State of Censorship: Interactive multimedia resource on Mexico]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2015/11/04/state_censorship/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In this multimedia resource, ARTICLE19 presents the cases of five Mexican journalists, all of whom have been victimized by different acts of violence in an attempt to silence their journalistic voices.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2015 11:50:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Report refutes Mexico's official account of 43 disappeared students
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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2015/09/08/students_disappearance/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[“This report provides an utterly damning indictment of Mexico’s handling of the worst human rights atrocity in recent memory,” said José Miguel Vivanco, Americas director at Human Rights Watch. “Even with the world watching and with substantial resources at hand, the authorities proved unable or unwilling to conduct a serious investigation.”]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2015 11:05:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2015/09/08/students_disappearance/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - In Mexico, a last bastion of press freedom falls]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2015/09/04/last_bastion/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The murder of photojournalist Rubén Espinosa in Mexico City on July 31 was devastating for the many Mexican journalists who have sought refuge in the streets of the capital, fleeing from death threats in their home states.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2015 11:40:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2015/09/04/last_bastion/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Law protecting journalists goes into effect in Mexico City]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2015/08/17/nueva_ley_proteger/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Reporters Without Borders hails a new law protecting human rights defenders and journalists now in effect in Mexico’s federal district. The law is the fruit of several years of consultation.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2015 11:58:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2015/08/17/nueva_ley_proteger/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Journalist murdered in Mexico City after attempting to escape violence in Veracruz state
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2015/08/05/photographer_murdered/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The body of photojournalist Rubén Espinosa was discovered on 31 July in a Mexico city apartment, along with those of four women, several of whom were identified as social activists from Veracruz.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2015 10:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2015/08/05/photographer_murdered/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Mexican president urged to rein in violence against journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2015/07/14/pena_nieto_urged/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Reporters Without Borders has written to Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto calling for urgent measures to protect media personnel and to combat impunity for crimes of violence against them.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2015 10:49:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2015/07/14/pena_nieto_urged/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Murdered radio journalist is the third killed in Mexico in 2015]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2015/07/03/filadelfo_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Filadelfo Sánchez Sarmiento, a radio commentator and director for the station La Favorita 103.3 FM in Miahuatlán, Oaxaca, was killed on the morning of 2 July 2015. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2015 11:34:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2015/07/03/filadelfo_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Clarity needed in motive for murder of journalist in Mexico]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2015/06/22/asesinato_diaz_lopez/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Inter American Press Association condemns the murder in Mexico of journalist Ismael Díaz López, and calls on the authorities to undertake an urgent and exhaustive investigation to determine if the motive for the crime was related to his work.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2015 13:12:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2015/06/22/asesinato_diaz_lopez/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - Attacks on journalists mar Mexico's elections]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2015/06/11/mexico_elecciones/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[“Exposing corruption or fraud by political parties has become an act of bravery for journalists in Mexico&quot;, said Claire San Filippo from Reporters Without Borders.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2015 09:40:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2015/06/11/mexico_elecciones/</guid>
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