Iraqi activist jailed over tweet 'insulting' Iran-backed militia force
An activist has been sentenced to three years in prison in Iraq for allegedly writing a tweet deemed to have insulted an Iran-backed paramilitary force./ A court convicted Haidar al-Zaidi, 20, of "insulting state institutions" over a post about Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the late deputy commander of the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF)./ Zaidi denied writing the tweet, insisting that his account was hacked./ Human Rights Watch condemned Zaidi's trial as "patently unfair"./ "Regardless of who posted the Twitter message, the Iraqi justice system ...
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