February
12, 2010
SULAIMANIYAH,
Kurdistan region 'Iraq', — The 32-year-old editor of
the independent Kurdish-language bi-monthly Jihan
(World) Nabaz Goran was again assaulted on Tuesday
in downtown Sulaimaniyah.
The journalist was assaulted by two unknown men on
Tuesday in down-town Sulaimaniyah. He was slightly
wounded, but managed to fight back the attackers,
who fled.
The police say they are investigating the incident.
Nabaz Goran was brutally
attacked before
in Erbil on 29 October. He suspects that he was
attacked for criticizing the government in his
articles. During the attack in October,www.ekurd.netunknown
assailants wounded his face. The attack was
condemned by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The
journalist then blamed the ruling parties KDP and
PUK for the attack.
Nabaz Goran is a controversial figure who is known
for his courage and has no fear of the authorities
in his writing. |
Nabaz Goran is a controversial figure who is known
for his courage and has no fear of the authorities
in his writing. Goran address issues that it was a
taboo before. For example, Goran stated that no
Sorani speaking Kurd will ever become the head of
the KDP; it has to be from the Barzan tribe. |
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