Rashid Majid Al-Sari, editor of biweekly newspaper Al Fatah, was arrested and his computer and personal files confiscated by US troops at his Baghdad home on 18 January.
Al Fatah is affiliated to Sayyid Al Shuhada, a Shia party founded in 1991. It is still not known where Al-Sari is detained.
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Iraq: journalist detained
Rashid Majid Al-Sari, editor of biweekly newspaper Al Fatah, was arrested and his computer and personal files confiscated by US troops at his Baghdad home on 18 January. Al Fatah is affiliated to Sayyid Al Shuhada, a Shia party founded in 1991. It is still not known where Al-Sari is detained.
25 Jan 08
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