How "Flimsy Evidence" sent Iraqi Kurdish Journalists to Jail

From the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ):

'Spaghetti against the wall': how flimsy evidence sent 2 Iraqi Kurdish journalists to jail for 6 years

The case against Iraqi Kurdish journalists Sherwan Amin Sherwani and Guhdar Zebari was built on flimsy and circumstantial evidence, five observers of the journalists' Erbil trial last month told CPJ.

Their six-year prison sentences on anti-state charges represent a new low for press freedom in Iraqi Kurdistan.

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(Source: CPJ)

One Response to How "Flimsy Evidence" sent Iraqi Kurdish Journalists to Jail

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