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Hawlati and Awene Editors on Trial - Media
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1.5.2006
Press from 1.May.2006
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Hawlati and Awene Editors on Trial
(Awene online)
The Sulaimanyah court is expected to decide on the
case of (former Hawlati editor and Awene founder)
Asos Hardi and (Hawlati editor-in-chief) Twana
Osmanhas, who were sued by Omar Fatah, Kurdish
regional government prime minister for Sulaimaniyah.
They were brought to court on charges of publishing
incorrect information. (Last year Hawlati newspaper
had reported that two telephone employees were fired
for cutting the prime minister's home telephone line
because he hadn't paid his bills.)
The newspaper has said the prime minister ordered
them to be fired, but he denied the accusation. The
minister of transportation and communication and the
two (phone company) employees have testified along
with other witnesses and the defendants. The court
is expected to issue its verdict in the case on
Tuesday.
(Awene online is an online news service by Awene
Publishing Company.)
Hawlati Reporter Arrested Again
(Hawlati online)
Hawlati reporter Hawez Hawezi, arrested in mid-March
for an opinion piece he authored, was arrested again
on Sunday for another article he published in
Hawlati newspaper.
Hawezi detailed his first arrest in the opinion
piece "Era of Shame" and called those who detained
him hooligans. The general security office has sued
him for libel. A security source told Hawlati that
Hawezi is being held in police custody while
security forces investigate the case.
(Hawlati online is an online news service by Hawlati
newspaper.)
Militias Offered Political Power if Violence
Stops
(Asharq Al-Awsat)
Iraqi president Jalal Talabani has been meeting with
seven armed groups, (his office) said, and he is
hopeful that they will reach an agreement to end the
violence. Talabani's spokesman Kamaran Qaradaghi
told Asharq Al-Awsat that the meetings were held
over the last three days (in the summer resort town
of Dukan.) He also said Talabani was happy with the
results so far. Talabani is offering the seven
groups, including the Mohammed Army, political
participation if they agree to lay down their arms.
(London-based Asharq al-Awsat, a pro-Saudi
independent paper, is issued daily.)
Sadrists Refuse to Dissolve Mahdi Army
(Azzaman)
The Sadrist movement led by Muqtada al-Sadr is
refusing to dissolve Mahdi army, contrary to the
promises of (incoming prime minister Jawad) al-Malki
to dissolve all militias. The movement also demanded
to hold five ministerial posts in the new
government. Baha al-A'raji (a Sadr movement MP) from
the United Iraqi Alliance maintained that Mahdi army
does not have ties with political institutions. "It
is connected to Sadr's popular movement and the army
was established as a natural reaction to the
occupation. It is an army of faith," he said.
(Azzaman is issued daily by journalist Saad al-Bazaz.)
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