UN reveals harassment of Kurdish journalists

Journalists in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region are facing arrest and harassment, according to a United Nations human rights report. Though Kurdistan is promoted as one corner of Iraq that is relatively stable, the UN's assistance mission in Iraq says journalists are subjected to harassment and arrest for reporting on government corruption and poor public services. Dindar Zebari, the Kurdish regional government's UN coordinator, criticised the report, claiming that "legal procedures are followed against some who overstep the standards of the journalism profession." (Via Irish Times)