December
17, 2007
Erbil-Hewler, Kurdistan Region 'Iraq',-- The
Iraqi Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani
would not sign the controversial press law,
endorsed by the Kurdistan
parliament on Tuesday, the region's
minister of culture said on Sunday.
“I believe the Iraqi Kurdistan president will not
sign the law and might return it to the Iraqi
Kurdistan parliament for further debates,"www.ekurd.net
FalakalDin Kakaie said.
Barzani was "interested in bolstering the freedom of
opinion and would take into consideration
journalists' rights in this law," he said.
Dozens of journalists and correspondents of
satellite channels and web sites in the Iraqi
Kurdistan region staged a sit-in in the city of
Erbil to protest a press legislation passed by the
region's parliament on Tuesday, which they said
"could undermine freedom of expression and opinion." |
Massoud Barzani, the President of the autonomous Regional
Government of Kurdistan 'Iraq' |
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