Iraq - Star journalist sued by head of electoral commission

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns the libel suit that Faraj Haidari, the president of Iraq's electoral commission, has brought against Hashem Hassan, a journalist who once had a very high profile and who was jailed under Saddam Hussein. He now heads the University of Baghdad's media department. Haidari is demanding 2 billion dinars (1.2 million euros) in damages for one of the articles Hassan wrote for the 4 May issue of the newspaper Al-Mashreq. It questioned the commission's legitimacy and (...)

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