From http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/
article5346089.ece:
"...An Iraqi lawyer said that al-Zaidi risked a miminum of two years
in prison if he is prosecuted for insulting a visiting head of state,
but could face a 15-year term if he is charged with attempted
murder...."
Also, protest in DC:
WHAT: Peace activists to gather with shoes in solidarity to Iraqi
journalist
WHEN: 11 a.m., Weds. Dec. 17
WHERE: In front of White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
On a lighter note --there is apparently a new video game out based on the incident http://www.sockandawe.com/
also here's a commentary from http://raedinthemiddle.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Montather Al-Zeidi in hospital
The international herald tribune reports that Montather Al-Zaidi is
"in hospital with broken arm".
None of the journalist or human rights or organizations have said a
word so far. Please contact the following organizations and urge them
to issue a statement concerning the brutal treatment and imprisonment
of the Iraqi Journalist Montather Al-Zeidi.
Journalists without boarders, human right watch, human rights first,
Amnesty international, and other organizations of you know of.
.........
Monday, December 15, 2008
Montather's hand broken in jail
Albaghdadia, the TV channel where the Iraqi Journalist Montather Al-
Zeidi works, reports that an Iraqi MP (Ms. Zainab Al-Kanani) informed
them that Montather's hand was broken in jail.
This confirms a lot of reports and rumors about Montather being
subject to torture while the Iraqi authorities are interrogating and
detaining him in some unspecified location.
.........
Bush's Iraq assailant has broken arm, ribs: brother
BAGHDAD (AFP) — The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at US
President George W. Bush has a broken arm and ribs after being struck
by Iraqi security agents, his brother told AFP on Tuesday.
Durgham Zaidi was unable to say whether his brother Muntazer had
sustained the injuries while being overpowered during Sunday's
protest against Bush's visit or while in custody later.
He said he had been told that his brother was being held by Iraqi
forces in the heavily fortified Green Zone compound in central
Baghdad where the US embassy and most government offices are housed.
"He has got a broken arm and ribs, and cuts to his eye and arm," said
Durgham.
"He is being held by forces under the command of Muaffaq al-Rubaie,"
Iraq's national security adviser, he added.
Zaidi, 29, a journalist for the private Iraqi television channel Al-
Baghdadia, was swiftly overpowered by Iraqi security forces after he
threw the shoes at Bush in a gesture seen as the supreme mark of
disrespect in the Muslim world.
An AFP journalist said that cuts were visible on his face as he was
led away into custody.
Bush, who was on a swansong visit to the battleground that came to
dominate his eight-year presidency, ducked when the shoes were thrown
and later made light of the incident.
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From http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/
article5346089.ece:
"...An Iraqi lawyer said that al-Zaidi risked a miminum of two years
in prison if he is prosecuted for insulting a visiting head of state,
but could face a 15-year term if he is charged with attempted
murder...."
Also, protest in DC:
WHAT: Peace activists to gather with shoes in solidarity to Iraqi
journalist
WHEN: 11 a.m., Weds. Dec. 17
WHERE: In front of White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
On a lighter note --there is apparently a new video game out based on the incident http://www.sockandawe.com/
also here's a commentary from http://raedinthemiddle.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Montather Al-Zeidi in hospital
The international herald tribune reports that Montather Al-Zaidi is
"in hospital with broken arm".
None of the journalist or human rights or organizations have said a
word so far. Please contact the following organizations and urge them
to issue a statement concerning the brutal treatment and imprisonment
of the Iraqi Journalist Montather Al-Zeidi.
Journalists without boarders, human right watch, human rights first,
Amnesty international, and other organizations of you know of.
.........
Monday, December 15, 2008
Montather's hand broken in jail
Albaghdadia, the TV channel where the Iraqi Journalist Montather Al-
Zeidi works, reports that an Iraqi MP (Ms. Zainab Al-Kanani) informed
them that Montather's hand was broken in jail.
This confirms a lot of reports and rumors about Montather being
subject to torture while the Iraqi authorities are interrogating and
detaining him in some unspecified location.
.........
Bush's Iraq assailant has broken arm, ribs: brother
BAGHDAD (AFP) — The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at US
President George W. Bush has a broken arm and ribs after being struck
by Iraqi security agents, his brother told AFP on Tuesday.
Durgham Zaidi was unable to say whether his brother Muntazer had
sustained the injuries while being overpowered during Sunday's
protest against Bush's visit or while in custody later.
He said he had been told that his brother was being held by Iraqi
forces in the heavily fortified Green Zone compound in central
Baghdad where the US embassy and most government offices are housed.
"He has got a broken arm and ribs, and cuts to his eye and arm," said
Durgham.
"He is being held by forces under the command of Muaffaq al-Rubaie,"
Iraq's national security adviser, he added.
Zaidi, 29, a journalist for the private Iraqi television channel Al-
Baghdadia, was swiftly overpowered by Iraqi security forces after he
threw the shoes at Bush in a gesture seen as the supreme mark of
disrespect in the Muslim world.
An AFP journalist said that cuts were visible on his face as he was
led away into custody.
Bush, who was on a swansong visit to the battleground that came to
dominate his eight-year presidency, ducked when the shoes were thrown
and later made light of the incident.