Al-jazeera has denounced the arrest and continued incarceration of its cameramen arrested in the Baquba district in Iraq. Salah Nussaif was arrested on 3 October while covering a demonstration in the town of Shahbanyat al-Muqdadya. According to Iraqi police, they are under strict US orders not to release Nussaif. Nussaif has yet to be charged with any offence. Al-jazeera officials said at the weekend the detention of Nussaif, âis viewed as a flagrant attack on freedom of the press, and yet another undue attempt at influencing the mediaâ. This incident comes on the heels of a decision taken by the Iraqi Governing Council to ban Al-jazeera temporarily from covering official activities in Iraq. In recent months, nine Aljazeera reporters and employees have been arrested, with eight of those individuals being subsequently released without charge.
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