Activists renew their refusal to restrict expression and protests

Activists renew their refusal to restrict expression and protests


He criticized a number of activists and defenders of freedom of expression in Baghdad on Monday, a draft law "Freedom of expression and demonstration" prepared to vote by Parliament, while calling for the government to respect private freedoms and not to impose restrictions on citizens, have indicated they do not have a law restricting the mind of the citizen to demonstrate and peaceful assembly.

This came on the sidelines on the draft law of "freedom of expression, assembly and peaceful demonstration" held at the Cultural Forum hope in Baghdad and coordinated by a network of generations of peace, with the participation of a number of bloggers, activists, academics and journalists talk session. And gave human rights activist Mohammed Salami, gave a presentation on the draft law and the consequences that accompanied the first reading and the second and the role of civil society in the postponement of the vote on the law, and view the most important proposals made by the objectors to the law, and open discussion among the participants and records relating to the proposed amendments on the draft law, which in order to vote them until further notice, due to the pressure of the civilian organizations and activists and expressed a wave of objections and considered a breach of article 38 of the Iraqi Constitution, laws and international treaties. For his part, explained the network generations peace coordinator Jassim Ali Jassim, said: "The meeting exchanged through which opinion and debate and read the draft of the organization of the meeting law and peaceful demonstration before the vote in the House of Representatives of the controversial sessions because of views contrast between supporters and opponents to restrict freedoms of expression, and made observations and vision contained in the draft law, and the importance of the foundations of three sets of peaceful demonstrations, and be provided for by law and must be the existence and legitimacy of the need, as well as to determine the time to demonstrate this commitment and the right standards. " In turn, drew the head of the Iraqi Al-Amal Association Hana roles that "civic organizations owners of real interest in this law, it must be taken their opinions by lawmakers because it is a law on the right of citizens to express their rights and defend their interests," .utabat Edwar that "freedom of expression law and freedom on the information, and other freedoms serve the interests of citizens to anything but omits, and we do not need a law restricting the mind of the citizen the right to peaceful demonstration and meeting. "


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