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IFEX This Week for 23 January 2013
16 January - 23 January 2013
This Week Putting free expression issues in focus
SPOTLIGHT EGYPT
Under Morsi, criminal defamation suits soar
in Egypt
President Mohamed Morsi's first
200 days in office alone have witnessed more defamation
lawsuits than under all Egyptian rulers combined since 1892,
states ANHRI in its latest report, issued to mark the second
anniversary of the Egyptian revolution. (read more)
Wall art in France depicting President Mohamed Morsi
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INTERNATIONAL COMPILED BY MARIANNA
TZABIRAS
Transparency, access to information key to
addressing global hunger crisis
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AFRICA COMPILED BY CARO
ROLANDO
SOMALIA
SOMALI JOURNALIST KILLED ON WAY TO WORK
Reporters Without Borders
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AMERICAS
COMPILED BY ERIN WOYCIK
MEXICO
MEXICAN TEACHER FIRED FOR SHOWING GAY RIGHTS
FILM
Index on Censorship
ASIA AND PACIFIC COMPILED BY
MARIANNA TZABIRAS
THAILAND
THAI EDITOR SENTENCED TO 11 YEARS OVER
DEFAMATORY ARTICLES
Southeast Asian
Press Alliance
EUROPE AND CENTRAL
ASIA COMPILED BY CARO
ROLANDO
TAJIKISTAN
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