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    <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:01:33 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bulgaria - Bulgaria's government mirrored in the media]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bulgaria/2013/05/21/political_media/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Bulgaria’s media grants over-exposure to those in power, and the industry seems to quickly adapt to a new political situation, says Georgi Kantchev. The country has measures put in place to distinguish editorial content from political advertisements for broadcast media, but not for the press. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 14:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ukraine - Police fail to intervene in attack against Ukrainian reporters]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ukraine/2013/05/21/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Several assailants beat two reporters covering an opposition protest outside Ukrainian Interior Ministry headquarters in Kiev on Saturday in view of police officers who failed to intervene, according to local and international press reports.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 14:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[United States - Outrage over U.S. investigation of journalist's private communications]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/united_states/2013/05/21/rosen_search/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. government has searched a Fox News reporter’s private communications on the ground that his use of flattery to obtain information from a State Department source made him a co-conspirator to espionage.
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 12:33:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tunisia - Tunisian feminist Amina Tyler arrested for 'immoral gestures']]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/tunisia/2013/05/21/arrested_for_immoral_gestures/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Tunisian activist Amina Tyler was arrested on Sunday (19 May), after allegedly attempting to stage a topless protest in the central Tunisian city of Kairouan.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 12:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/tunisia/2013/05/21/arrested_for_immoral_gestures/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Azerbaijan - Azeri blogger and activist allegedly tortured]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/azerbaijan/2013/05/21/statement_azerbaijani/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Reports say that officials from the Ministry of the Interior tortured blogger and activist Rashad Ramazanov (a.k.a. Hagigat Agaadin) during a custodial interrogation. Police claim to have had found 9 grams of heroin on the blogger when he was detained on 9 May.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 11:59:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/azerbaijan/2013/05/21/statement_azerbaijani/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Afghanistan - Radio station technician and host murdered in Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/afghanistan/2013/05/21/radio_host_murdered/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The body of Mohammad Hassin Hashemi, an employee of local radio Nadjhrab in Afghanistan's Kapisa Valley, was found near his home 18 days after he disappeared.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 11:50:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/afghanistan/2013/05/21/radio_host_murdered/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - In Pakistan, cases filed against Baluch outlets, journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2013/05/21/baluch_outlets/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Pakistani authorities are urged to dismiss separate complaints filed against newspapers and journalists in Baluchistan for publishing statements made by banned militant groups.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 11:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2013/05/21/baluch_outlets/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - IFEX Strategy Conference 2013 Agenda]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/gm/2013/05/21/sc_agenda/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The conference opens with an overview of Southeast Asia – and a chance to hear from some key regional freedom of expression defenders – and closes with a concert Thursday night featuring the band Cambodian Space Project. We've included a variety of themes and formats, so you can tailor your experience to your priorities and interests. Many sessions will be offered more than once to accommodate as many languages and participants as possible so please make sure to check the agenda for the time and language(s) that works best for you.
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 11:40:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - IFEX General Meeting and Strategy Conference - Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 17 to 20 June 2013]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/gm/2013/05/21/about_gm_sc/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IFEX’s strategy conference brings together free expression advocates from around the globe to network, exchange skills, forge new alliances, learn first-hand about priority issues in the region, and identify new ways to work together.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 11:09:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uganda - Security forces seize Ugandan media outlets]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uganda/2013/05/21/hrnj_u_statement_government/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Security agencies restricted the entry and exit into the premises of two print publications on 20 May 2013, and later took two radio stations off the air. The security personnel told some of the employees that a court order had declared their offices to be a "scene of crime".]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 10:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uganda/2013/05/21/hrnj_u_statement_government/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Middle East & North Africa - Human rights situation in post-revolutionary Arab countries remains dire]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/middle_east_north_africa/2013/05/21/delivering_democracy/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies published its fifth annual report in which it evaluates the state of human rights in post-revolutionary countries as well as in some Arab states less affected by the uprisings. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 08:49:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/middle_east_north_africa/2013/05/21/delivering_democracy/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Middle East & North Africa - Restricting speech restricts Arab freedom]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/middle_east_north_africa/2013/05/21/freedom_from_tyranny/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[There is widespread buy-in for restraints on the power of security forces in the Arab world, but little recognition among citizens that free speech and independent civil society are the bulwarks of freedom from tyranny.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 08:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/middle_east_north_africa/2013/05/21/freedom_from_tyranny/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[India - Three newspaper employees stabbed to death in India]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/india/2013/05/21/agartala_attack/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Two unidentified assailants stabbed to death three employees of a Bengali-language Indian daily in Agartala, India; police said they believed contract killers were used in the attack, but have not yet identified a motive.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 08:07:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/india/2013/05/21/agartala_attack/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Israel - Restrictions on movement are biggest hurdle for journalists in Israel, Palestine]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/israel/2013/05/21/restrictions_on_movement/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In a report released by IPI today, the lack of free movement for journalists emerges as the single greatest challenge to local reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 00:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/israel/2013/05/21/restrictions_on_movement/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Brazil - In Brazil less than half of public bodies respect information requests]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/brazil/2013/05/17/public_access/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[One year after access to information law 12.527/2011 was adopted, a new study conducted by ARTICLE 19 reveals that only 44% of public bodies respond satisfactorily to information requests from individuals and non-governmental organisations.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/brazil/2013/05/17/public_access/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Nigeria - Nigerian reporter slapped, detained for photographing policeman
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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/nigeria/2013/05/17/nigeria_newspaper_correspondent/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Samson Folarin, a reporter for <em>The Punch </em>newspaper, was assaulted and detained by police officers after trying to photograph a brawl between a police officer and a commercial tricycle operator. Police also seized Folarin's reporting equipment.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:23:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/nigeria/2013/05/17/nigeria_newspaper_correspondent/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Azerbaijan - Free expression advocates protest Azerbaijan's legislative amendments

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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/azerbaijan/2013/05/17/legilslative_amendments/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The International Partnership Group for Azerbaijan strongly condemns a series of repressive legislative amendments that Azerbaijan’s National Assembly adopted on 14 May 2013. The existing penalties for criminal defamation and insult have been extended to online content and public demonstrations. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 09:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/azerbaijan/2013/05/17/legilslative_amendments/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Philippines - Politician, aides attack TV crew in Philippines]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/philippines/2013/05/17/tv_crew_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A politician and his aides mauled and attempted to shoot members of a television crew covering an alleged vote-buying incident on the eve of the Philippine midterm elections.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 09:35:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/philippines/2013/05/17/tv_crew_attacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iran - An election that might save books in Iran]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iran/2013/05/17/censoring_books/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Once the Islamic republic’s biggest cultural event, the Tehran International Book Fair – now in its 26th year — has wilted under President Mahmood Ahmadinejad’s hardline government.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 09:13:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iran/2013/05/17/censoring_books/</guid>
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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>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2013/05/17/terrorism_charges_against_activists/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - After two years in hiding, Bahraini blogger escapes to UK]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2013/05/17/ali_abdelemam/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Abdulemam’s two years in hiding began shortly after the start of Bahrain’s political unrest in February 2011. He was sentenced in absentia to fifteen years in prison on charges of attempting to overthrow the monarchy. He has now been granted asylum in the United Kingdom. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 07:46:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2013/05/17/ali_abdelemam/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[International - LGBT people's free expression rights must be strengthened]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/international/2013/05/16/lgbt_free_expression/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia, states are urged to strengthen protections of the right to free expression for LGBT people and end impunity for violence.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 13:20:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/international/2013/05/16/lgbt_free_expression/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Afghanistan - Call for investigation into journalist's murder in Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/afghanistan/2013/05/16/newsletter_ifj_condemns/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Afghan journalist Mohamman Nasim Turak was stabbed by an unknown assailant and his body was left outside the village where he was killed.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 11:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/afghanistan/2013/05/16/newsletter_ifj_condemns/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - Rights defender and family beaten in Kyrgyzstan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2013/05/16/kyrgyzstan_rights_defender/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A number of unidentified assailants viciously beat Ulugbek Azimov and two of his family members, after an alleged traffic incident in central Bishkek. The investigation should lead to identification and prosecution of the assailants and should examine all possible motives for the assault, including Azimov’s human rights work, Human Rights Watch said.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 11:43:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2013/05/16/kyrgyzstan_rights_defender/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Venezuelan parliamentary journalist reports being followed]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2013/05/16/sayago_followed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Richard Sayago, a parliamentary journalist and assistant, reported that he has been followed and has received threats by unidentified persons. He presumes these incidents are linked to complaints and irregularities he presented at the national assembly after the presidential elections.
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 11:33:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2013/05/16/sayago_followed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq - How Baghdad fuels Iraq's sectarian fire]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2013/05/16/sectarian_war/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Iraqi government has hurled the country to the brink of a new civil war. In under a month, Baghdad launched a vicious assault on a Sunni protest camp, resulting in 44 deaths; executed 21 alleged Sunni terrorists in one day, and suspended the licenses of 10 satellite channels, 9 of them deemed pro-Sunni.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 10:37:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iraq/2013/05/16/sectarian_war/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Gambia - Gambian government releases imam held for comments on death penalty]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/the_gambia/2013/05/16/press_statement_gambian/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Imam Baba Leigh was detained incommunicado for five months and seven days for condemning the execution of nine death row inmates by the Yayha Jammeh-led government, describing the act as inimical to Islamic teachings and precepts. He was neither charged nor granted access to his family and lawyer.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 08:21:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/the_gambia/2013/05/16/press_statement_gambian/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - Britain not doing enough to press Bahrain on free expression issues]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2013/05/16/free_expression/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[It is well documented that Bahrain’s record on freedom of expression is deeply problematic, and the British government, one of Bahrain's major allies, is doing far too little to press the island country on freedom of expression issues and other human rights violations. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 08:12:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2013/05/16/free_expression/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iran - Continued persecution of Baha'is in Iran]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/iran/2013/05/16/continued_persecution/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Baha’i faith was founded in 19th Century Persia and currently constitutes the largest non-Muslim religious minority in the Islamic Republic of Iran.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 07:27:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/iran/2013/05/16/continued_persecution/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denmark - Danish lawmakers urged to withdraw changes to public information law]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/denmark/2013/05/16/public_info_law/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[According to the International Press Institute, part of a revision of Denmark’s public information law would “prevent journalists from giving voters the information they need to ensure that laws and government policies are based on sound information, and to hold ministers, members of parliament and government officials accountable”.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 07:23:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/denmark/2013/05/16/public_info_law/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - Bahraini rights defender Nabeel Rajab believed to be in solitary confinement]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2013/05/15/solitary_confinement/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[After having witnessed the torture of young political prisoners at the hands of prison guards at Jaw prison, Nabeel Rajab requested that the International Committee of the Red Cross visit him in prison so he can provide them with a testimony, but was soon after removed from his cell to an unknown location. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 12:54:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2013/05/15/solitary_confinement/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Philippines - Mayoral candidate interrupts broadcast in Philippines, journalist threatened]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/philippines/2013/05/15/broadcast_interrupted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A Filipino radio blocktimer received threats after an outgoing party-list representative running for mayor barged into his radio booth and verbally attacked him.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 11:10:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/philippines/2013/05/15/broadcast_interrupted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ecuador - Government continues attack on Ecuadorian NGO with questions about funding]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ecuador/2013/05/15/funding_accusation/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A recent government programme attempted to discredit Fundamedios and its executive director by accusing them of obtaining funds from USAID via "another NGO".
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 10:41:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ecuador/2013/05/15/funding_accusation/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Reporter's death sparks questions on censorship in China]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/05/15/bai_lu/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[While the death of a young journalist reporting on a construction project was widely reported in the Chinese press and social media, critical questions have been raised around the details of her death - some of which indicate that important information is still censored even when a story is widely publicised.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 10:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2013/05/15/bai_lu/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Thailand - Projectiles hurled at Thai daily after cartoonist's controversial post]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/thailand/2013/05/15/thai_rath/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[An attack on the "Thai Rath" daily newspaper came a few days after one of the paper's cartoonists posted a controversial comment on his Facebook page about Thailand's prime minister.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 10:25:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/thailand/2013/05/15/thai_rath/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bahrain - Detained activists in Bahrain allege torture]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2013/05/15/bahrain_detained_activists/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Since late April, 2013, in separate cases, security officials have allegedly tortured a prominent rights activist and a woman arrested for protesting the Formula 1 grand prix race in April. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 10:05:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2013/05/15/bahrain_detained_activists/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Egypt - Egyptian artists declare war on sexual harassment]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/egypt/2013/05/15/artist_declare_war/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In Egypt, conquering the culture of self-censorship around sexual harassment has been a battle for artists and activists alike.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 09:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/egypt/2013/05/15/artist_declare_war/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[International - Artistic censorship report: Filmmaker abducted, street artists fined]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/international/2013/05/14/artistic_censorship/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In its Artist Alert report for April 2013, ARTICLE 19 highlights cases from Cameroon, Kenya and Nigeria among others. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 14:40:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/international/2013/05/14/artistic_censorship/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Equatorial Guinea - Government blocks Facebook, opposition websites in Equatorial Guinea
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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/equatorial_guinea/2013/05/14/facebook_block/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Reporters Without Borders condemns the government’s blocking of access to Facebook and certain opposition websites since 12 May. The targets include the site of Convergence For Social Democracy, which is fielding candidates for the 26 May parliamentary and municipal elections.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 14:09:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/equatorial_guinea/2013/05/14/facebook_block/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[United States - U.S. Justice Department seizes journalists' call records]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/united_states/2013/05/14/ap_subpoena/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Associated Press (AP) has revealed that the U.S. Justice Department secretly collected telephone records of 20 of its phone lines from April and May 2012. The records may contain communications with confidential sources across all of the newsgathering activities undertaken by the AP.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 13:48:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/united_states/2013/05/14/ap_subpoena/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Radio host shot to death leaving station in western Colombia]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2013/05/14/del_valle_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Journalist Alberto Lázaro del Valle, a well-known local radio personality and director of the Planeta radio station in Cali, was killed by two people who shot him as he left the station, according to reports from the Cali Metropolitan Police.
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 11:28:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2013/05/14/del_valle_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Azerbaijan - Azerbaijan’s Internet defamation bill inhibits free speech, group says
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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/azerbaijan/2013/05/14/statement_azerbaijan/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety believes that recent amendments to the criminal code serve the purpose of having a chilling effect on critical bloggers and online activists, thus making citizens less active in the year of election.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 11:08:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/azerbaijan/2013/05/14/statement_azerbaijan/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Pakistan's Sharif moves to form government after historic vote]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Violent attacks by far were the biggest deterrent to political campaigning in the Pakistani election, while hindrance to freedom of expression began as early as the election process itself.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 11:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2013/05/14/historic_vote/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uzbekistan - Eight years on, still no justice for victims of massacre in Uzbekistan
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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2013/05/14/impunity_massacre/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On May 13, 2005, hundreds of largely peaceful protesters were killed by Uzbek government forces indiscriminately and without warning. No one has been held accountable for the killings.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 09:54:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2013/05/14/impunity_massacre/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burma - Former political prisoner re-imprisoned in Burma on defamation charges]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burma/2013/05/14/nay_myo_zin/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Burma's cancelation of amnesty for former political political prisoner Nay Myo Zin and his imprisonment on charges of defaming police officers is a warning sign.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 09:35:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burma/2013/05/14/nay_myo_zin/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Turkey - Turkish court bans coverage of car bomb explosions near Syrian border

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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/turkey/2013/05/14/coverage_border/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A magistrate’s court in Reyhanli has imposed restrictions on media coverage of two lethal car bomb explosions on 11 May. The official grounds for the ban are protection of the investigation’s confidentiality and protection of the privacy of the victims.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 09:20:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/turkey/2013/05/14/coverage_border/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Liberia - Liberian security service director takes newspaper to court for U.S. $1 million 


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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/liberia/2013/05/14/alert_from_liberia_eps/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The director of the presidential guard service is asking <em>The Monitor</em> newspaper for US $1 million over an article alleging misuse of official cars.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 08:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/liberia/2013/05/14/alert_from_liberia_eps/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Egypt - In Egypt, journalists face prosecution, attacks, detention]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/egypt/2013/05/14/prosecutions_attacks_detention/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Several journalists were assaulted and briefly detained outside the Presidential Palace in Cairo on 6 May 2013, while they were covering a protest staged by anti-Morsi activists.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 07:52:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/egypt/2013/05/14/prosecutions_attacks_detention/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Philippines - Concern over Philippines police chief's treatment of journalist]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/philippines/2013/05/14/reprimand_policechief/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IFEX members called on Philippines authorities to reprimand a local police chief who arrested a radio broadcaster without a warrant after he talked about police incompetence on the air.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 07:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/philippines/2013/05/14/reprimand_policechief/</guid>
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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>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/syria/2013/05/14/journalist_in_syrian_custody/</guid>
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