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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-26-06 10:07 AM
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Writer jailed for defaming Kurdish leader in Iraq
Edited on Sun Mar-26-06 10:07 AM by NNN0LHI
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L26190947.htm

ARBIL, Iraq, March 26 (Reuters) - A Kurdish writer was sentenced to 1-1/2 years in prison on Sunday for defaming Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani, in a case that has raised questions about the freedom of the press in postwar Iraq.

Kamal Karim, an Iraqi-born Kurd with Austrian citizenship, was originally sentenced to 30 years in jail for defaming Barzani but was retried.

"I swear by God I am not guilty. I am not satisfied with this verdict. I am a victim," Karim said after the sentence was pronounced. snip

Karim had published articles on a Kurdish website accusing Barzani and his Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) of corruption and abuse of power.
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Eugene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-26-06 11:34 AM
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1. Let freedom reign!
A journalist is tried before a kangaroo court and jailed for criticizing the government.
Exactly how are things so much better under this "new era of democracy"
than they were under Saddam?
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