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The IFJ and Article 19 Support The Guardian in Court Battle for Journalists Rights in Iraq
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http://www.sources.com/Releases/NR743.htm
Publisher: International Federation of Journalists
Date Written: 28/01/2010
Year Published: 2010
Resource Type: Article
ARTICLE 19, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Iraqi Union of Journalists today called on the Iraqi authorities to drop charges of defamation against the British newspaper The Guardian and its journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad.
Abstract: ARTICLE 19, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Iraqi Union of Journalists today called on the Iraqi authorities to drop charges of defamation against the British newspaper The Guardian and its journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad. The IFJ and ARTICLE 19 have filed a joint amicus brief to the Iraqi Appeal Court in advance of its hearing on 27 January.
In November 2009, an Iraqi court ordered the Guardian to pay a 100m dinar (£52,000) fine to the Prime Minister over a story publ...
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