ذكر مدير اعلام مجلس محافظة النجف أن المجلس رفع، الأحد، دعوى قضائية ضد صحيفة دار الحياة ومراسلها في المدينة بسبب نشرها جملة من “الأكاذيب” منها أن البعثيين يقومون يوميا بالتوقيع في مراكز الشرطة وقيام الاجهزة الامنية باعتقال البعثيين وتعذيبهم. وأوضح احمد نوري الدجيلي لوكالة (أصوات العراق) أن “مجلس محافظة النجف...
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In Iraq, the murders of journalists routinely go unsolved.
The turnout for change over the weekend in Iraq’s Kurdish elections highlights the critical role played by independent journalists. In the face of extraordinary efforts to silence them, these journalists have reported abuses within the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG), implicating members of the two...
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Iraq is abuzz with stories of new arrests, but not of former Ba’athists or members of the so-called Sunni insurgency, rather it is officials who are part of the post-Saddam Hussein era. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has launched a massive anti-corruption campaign, promising to bring senior officials to justice be they Sunni, Shi’ite or...
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تنشر صحيفة الجارديان تغطية حول قيام جهاز الاستخبارات العراقي برفع دعوى تشهير ضدها.
والدعوى العراقية تقول ان الصحيفة شهر بالجهاز لانها نشرت تقريرا وصف نظام حكم رئيس الوزراء العراقي نوري المالكي بأنه يتجه تدريجيا الى الاستبداد والاوتوقراطية.
وتقول الصحيفة ان الدعوة تتعلق بتقرير اعده مراسلها، الحائز على جوائز، غياث عبد الاحد، في ابريل/ نيسان...
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Iraq’s national intelligence service has launched a court action to sue the Guardian, claiming to have been defamed by a story that characterised the regime of prime minister Nouri al-Maliki as increasingly autocratic.
The story, by award-winning correspondent Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, was published in April, when the Iraqi leader was in London on an investment drive....
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The Iraqi prime minister arrives in Britain today Editor’s note: (April 30 2009 ) seeking UK investment. Ghaith Abdul-Ahad reports on how a leader once seen as weak is now being compared to his infamous predecessor
Baghdad has always produced more than its fair share of surreal conversations, but few can match the one...
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