[lbo-talk] Desacato laws in Iraq

[Michael Pollak]

    http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/29/world/middleeast/29media.html

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    Currently, three journalists for a small newspaper in southeastern

    Iraq are being tried here for articles last year that accused a

    provincial governor, local judges and police officials of corruption.

    The journalists are accused of violating Paragraph 226 of the penal

    code, which makes anyone who publicly insults the government or public

    officials subject to up to seven years in prison.

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Full at:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/29/world/middleeast/29media.html