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Prepare a final draft of the law of freedom of expression
19/06/2012 0:00
Khafaji, «morning»: an initial agreement on the adoption
of Baghdad - Al Sabah
announced the Commission on Human Rights Parliamentary completion of the amendment of the law of freedom of expression, assembly and peaceful demonstration. A member of the Committee Deputy Abdul-Mahdi al-Khafaji told the "morning", to prepare a final draft of the Law on Freedom of expression for approval during the new legislative term.
and the Cabinet had approved on 18 May 2011, draft Law on Freedom of expression, assembly and peaceful demonstration the auditor by the State Council and referred to the House of Representatives within the government's keenness to draw a mechanism to ensure the free expression of opinion and all the means and freedom of assembly and protest peacefully and the right knowledge of what does not violate public order and public morals and to identify those responsible for the organization and to punish offenders and assessment of the features of this freedom according to a legal framework preserves the minority rights and freedoms in the exercise of the right of expression and belief.
Khafaji said: "It has been studied this law and discussed by the Commission on Human Rights, where he is a very important and everyone agreed on its importance. "and introduced the bill to express an opinion on that" freedom of the citizen to express his ideas and opinions orally, in writing, photography or any other appropriate means, including without prejudice to public order or public morals and the right knowledge that the citizen's right of access to information that Eptgaha of the official authorities according to law, especially concerning its work and the content of any decision or policy concerning the public but peaceful protest is gathering an unlimited number of citizens to express their views or claim their rights guaranteed by law and freedom of scientific research by conducting scientific experiments and the use of the means and conditions necessary to search also ensures the free publication of the products of scientific activities. "
and the al-Khafaji, "The most prominent has been modified in this law is:" with regard to access to information or the dissemination of information as well as freedom of speech or the right of freedom of expression and is it right or not, and who has the freedom of expression is it the citizen or individual, where the citizen is a citizen of Iraq and the individual is any individual, even if the nationality of the other, "adding that" all complex on the need to launch the freedom of opinion and excluded, including freedom of expression, which must to comply with onerous public order and public morals, especially as this system in place in all countries of the world. "
He added by saying: "The law stipulates that the Minister of Interior, in coordination with the Minister of Human Rights and head of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the application of the texts, but the Committee has re- wording of this paragraph, which is that the Human Rights Commission in coordination with the Minister of the Interior organizes these texts and instructions are given, "as was the amendment to paragraph on the use of force in the event of problems during the demonstration and determine penalties on them.
The law, approved by the Council of Ministers that "the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Corporation Law No. 53 of 2008 Stakhts consider citizens' complaints to management decisions withholding information from them in terms of the ministries and departments not related to the Ministry to create a database open to the audience can see them and their dissemination of information on the progress of their work but in regards to freedom of assembly has ensured that a special article that freedom hold special meetings without the need for prior permission and the prohibition on the security men to attend these meetings as well as the electoral meetings where that citizens have the freedom in the public meetings after obtaining prior permission from the head of the administrative unit by at least 5 days that includes a request for authorization subject of the meeting and its purpose The time, place, and the names and members of the organizing committee for that. "
He also noted member of the committee that "this law does not face political challenges, but we are seeking to mature the law and try to satisfy all shades of the Iraqi people, and that is inclusive and beneficial to the Iraqi people," explaining that "there is an agreement in principle the bill and all the political blocs of the members of the Commission did not object to it. "The bill" propaganda for war or acts of terrorism or national or racial hatred or religious or sectarian as well as to challenge the religions and sects, denominations and beliefs and the erosion of that would adherents as liable to imprisonment for a period not more than ten years of broadcast intentionally propaganda for war or acts of terrorism or national or racial hatred or religious or sectarian and shall be punished by imprisonment is also a period of not less than one year and a fine of not less than one million dinars and not more than 10 million dinars each of the attacks a publicity on the belief of a religious or abase rituals or deliberate jamming to practice religious sect or party or religious meeting or ruined or destroyed or distorted, or desecrated building intended for the establishment of religious services or a symbol and shall be punished by such punishment is both the printing and publishing holy book of a religious character which text deliberately distort and alter its meaning is noteworthy that Article 38 of the Constitution of the Republic of Iraq for the year 2005 had stipulated that the State shall ensure that does not violate public order and morality of freedom of expression by all means and freedom of the press, printing, advertising, media, publishing and freedom of assembly and peaceful demonstration. "
For his part, said a member for security and defense committee Abbas al-Bayati said, "the legislative session next you have to give priority to such laws.
Al-Bayati said "morning" that "there are about 55 articles of the constitution should be regulated by law, and since it was the vote on the Constitution in 2005 did not yet rated more laws, "asserting that" we want a law in line with the democratic system and is consistent with pluralism and political freedom in the country. "
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