Share this: TwitterFacebookWhatsAppLinkedInEmailTelegramNew York, October 8, 2020 – Iraqi Kurdish authorities should disclose any charges against journalist Sherwan Amin Sherwani or release him immediately, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. She said the officers provided a warrant for Sherwani’s arrest, but neither the warrant nor the officers said why they were taking him. Muheiadin told CPJ she does not know where Sherwani is being held or if any charges have been filed against him. CPJ reviewed Sherwani’s Facebook account yesterday, but today that link displayed a message saying the account had been taken down. Muheiadin told CPJ that she didn’t know why Sherwani’s Facebook account had been taken down or by whom.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 08, 2020 19:18 UTC