SkyNews: Muntazer al-Zaidi jailed for three years for shoe-throwing
March 12th, 2009Posted by Judith Townend in Editors' pick, Press freedom and ethics
Breaking news from Sky News:
“A court in Baghdad sentenced Muntazer Al-Zaidi this morning.
“Al-Zaidi worked for Al-Baghdadiya television, which announced the verdict, along with the jailed man’s defence lawyer.”
More details here, at Guardian.co.uk.
Tags: Baghdad, defence lawyer, Guardian.co.uk, Iraq, muntazer al-zaidi, mutazar al-zaidi, shoe-throwing, Sky News
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