Three jailed reporters charged with “undermining national security”

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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the immediate release of five journalists arrested during the past six months in northern Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region, three of whom appeared in court for the first time today and were accused of “undermining national security,” a charge carrying a possible life sentence.

Brought before a court in the regional capital, Erbil, the three freelance journ

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