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Iraq: News website latest target in governmentâ##s legal offensive against independent media Sources News Release http://www.sources.com/Releases/NR410.htm Publisher:  Reporters without Borders Date Written:  20/05/09 Year Published:  2009   Resource Type:  Article/Report/Letter Reporters Without Borders condemns the Iraqi governmentâ##s continuing legal offensive against independent news media, which for the first time is also targeting Internet media. Abstract:  Reporters Without Borders condemns the Iraqi governmentâ##s continuing legal offensive against independent news media, which for the first time is also targeting Internet media. As a result of a lawsuit brought by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a Baghdad court ordered the Iraqi news website Kitabat to pay 1 billion dinars (630,000 euros) in damages on 18 May. Although based in Germany, Kitabat uses reports provided by many correspondents inside Iraq and the ruling threatens its ability to co... To read the full release go to http://www.sources.com/Releases/NR410.htm Topics Censorship Censorship/de facto Censorship/Official Corruption Freedom of Information Internet/Media Iraq Journalism Libel Law Media Coverage/Middle East News Online Journalism Press Freedom

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