Iraq: News website latest target in governments legal offensive against independent media Sources News Release
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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 governments continuing legal offensive against independent news media, which for the first time is also targeting Internet media.
Abstract: Reporters Without Borders condemns the Iraqi governments 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... To read the full release go to http://www.sources.com/Releases/NR410.htm
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