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Washington, USA, Jan. 19, 2010 — The World Press Freedom Committee —an organization representing 45 press freedom groups from throughout the world— condemns the seven-year prison sentence handed down today against Armenian journalist Nikol Pashinyan, editor-in-chief of the country’s leading newspaper, Haykakan Zhamanak (Armenian Times), who was arrested on July 1 after he voluntarily came out of hiding.
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Jan. 13, 2010 - TMG Urges European Parliament to Pressure the Tunisian GovernmentTMG calls on European Parliament to help end Tunisian government's unrelenting war on free expression
The Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG), a coalition now counting 20 member organisations of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX), welcomes the European Parliament's public debate on the situation in Tunisia on 20 January. TMG members hope the debate will send a strong message to the Tunisian government to end its unrelenting war on freedom of expression.
