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Iraq: News website latest target in government’s legal offensive against independent media
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Publisher:  Reporters without Borders
Date Written:  20/05/09
Year Published:  2009  
Resource Type:  Article/Report/Letter

Reporters Without Borders condemns the Iraqi government’s continuing legal offensive against independent news media, which for the first time is also targeting Internet media.

Abstract:  Reporters Without Borders condemns the Iraqi government’s continuing legal offensive against independent news media, which for the first time is also targeting Internet media. As a result of a lawsuit brought by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a Baghdad court ordered the Iraqi news website Kitabat to pay 1 billion dinars (630,000 euros) in damages on 18 May.

Although based in Germany, Kitabat uses reports provided by many correspondents inside Iraq and the ruling threatens its ability to co...
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