Kurdistan Region of Iraq: New sentence for journalist weeks before planned release is evidence of perverse practice used to punish critics

By Amnesty International

In response to an Erbil court sentencing journalist Sherwan Sherwani to another four years and five months in prison on 19 August for an apparent threat made to a prison officer, Amnesty International’s Iraq Researcher Razaw Salihy said: “Sherwan Sherwani is already serving an unjust prison term after being previously convicted on spurious charges. […] The post Kurdistan Region of Iraq: New sentence for journalist weeks before planned release is evidence of perverse practice used to punish critics appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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