Press censorship during "Turkey" part of Saddam trial
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Oluşturulma Tarihi: Aralık 22, 2006 11:47
During testimony yesterday in Baghdad in the trial against former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, a chief prosecutor ordered that microphones to the press be cut when Turkey's name was mentioned in relation to new documents presented by the prosecution.
With documents linked to charges that Hussein had used chemical weapons in the Kurdish region of Enfal, Chief Prosecutor Munkit el Farun ordered "Let us turn off the microphones now. This is linked to the relations between Iraq and Turkey." Following on this, the sound was cut to the special room for press members covering the trial.
Despite the fact that the sound was cut off though, the court forgot the
"sinevision" which offered visial coverage of the trail, so that press members attending could infact watch the documents being presented in the Hussein case.
Despite the fact that the sound was cut off though, the court forgot the
"sinevision" which offered visial coverage of the trail, so that press members attending could infact watch the documents being presented in the Hussein case.