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    Reporters Without Borders is disturbed by the re-submission of "strict" bills to the Iraqi parliamen

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    Reporters Without Borders is disturbed by the re-submission of "strict" bills to the Iraqi parliamen Empty Reporters Without Borders is disturbed by the re-submission of "strict" bills to the Iraqi parliamen

    Post by Rocky Thu 22 Dec 2022, 6:43 am

    Reporters Without Borders is disturbed by the re-submission of "strict" bills to the Iraqi parliament



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    Shafaq News/ Reporters Without Borders network expressed, on Thursday, its annoyance with two old bills, one on cybercrime and the other on freedom of expression and the right to peaceful protest, which were resubmitted to the Iraqi parliament.
    The network says in a report that the ambiguity in these bills legitimizes the restrictions imposed on freedom of the press, and may lead to further infringement of the work of journalists in Iraq.



    "These two projects are Trojan horses that will lead to the suppression of press freedom in Iraq," said Jonathan Dager, head of the Middle East bureau at Reporters Without Borders. Dagher called on parliament to "take into account the requests for amendments submitted by Iraqi civil society organizations with the aim of ensuring that these bills serve their true purpose rather than becoming tools to silence journalists."
    The two bills were first submitted to the Iraqi parliament in 2011, and have been resubmitted in their original form every time there is a new parliament.
    The network said that this "returns the clock to zero and ignores all the progress that was made during the previous parliamentary debates through amendments that increase their intensity. In line with international standards."
    The bill, which is supposed to combat cybercrime and regulate Iraqi cyberspace, was re-submitted to parliament on November 21 and has been debated ever since.
    Reporters Without Borders said, "It disturbs Iraqi journalists and NGOs concerned with media freedom because it contains threats - some vague and some very explicit - to journalists and press freedom. Article 8, for example, provides for penalties ranging from seven to ten years in Imprisonment and fines of at least 10 million Iraqi dinars (more than 6,500 euros) for anyone who uses cyberspace “with the intent to undermine religious, family or social values ​​and principles.”
    The report indicated that this imprecise term would give many political and religious actors the freedom to suppress the expression of a wide range of positions. Many of the prison sentences and fines imposed on the bill are disproportionate, with about ten offenses carrying a life sentence.
    The bill, which is supposed to enhance freedom of expression and the right to peaceful protest, was re-submitted to parliament on December 3.
    The report also indicated that freedom of opinion and expression is guaranteed under Article 38 of the Iraqi constitution, but again due to the ambiguous and ambiguous language open to interpretation and thus to manipulation by the authorities, this law reformulates the constitutional guarantees and contradicts them instead of expanding the scope of their application.
    Reporters Without Borders called the 11-year-old cybercrime bill "a real threat to the freedom to report news online" in April 2012, shortly after it was first introduced. Each time these laws are introduced, civil society organizations propose amendments to remove ambiguity and eliminate overly punitive aspects. But after each parliamentary election, the progress made under the previous parliament is forgotten, and the new parliament starts the debate again from scratch.
    Mustafa Nasser, head of the Iraqi Press Freedom Defense Association, told Reporters Without Borders, "The purpose of these laws is to keep us busy fighting them. The authorities know that they are losing their legitimacy, so they attack press freedom."
    According to the network, "the re-introduction of these old laws comes at the end of a year that witnessed a significant increase in violations of journalists' right to cover events. Among the most recent violations was the decision issued by the Director General of Education in Maysan Governorate, in the southeast of the country, on November 28, banning reporters." Just two days earlier, Ali Kadhim al-Karimawi, a cameraman for Iraq's "Fox" TV channel, was hit with a baton by riot police while covering a protest in the Kadhimiya district of Baghdad.
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