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Shafaq News- Baghdad
Iraq’s Communications and Media
Commission (CMC) Appeals Council on Sunday rejected three appeals challenging
disciplinary measures imposed on TV presenter Mona Sami, Alawla TV, and
political analyst Issam Hussein.
In decisions signed by Appeals
Council Chairman Judge Iyad Mohsen Dhamad, the body ruled that a program’s
management and presenter bear legal responsibility for statements made by
guests because they have the authority to intervene immediately and steer
discussions back within professional standards.
It concluded that Sami‘s failure to
intervene amounted to approval of, and participation in, broadcasting what it
described as “sectarian poison.”
The council also found that
Hussein’s remarks sought to incite sectarian and religious divisions through
content that reportedly threatens civil peace and public order. Freedom of
expression, it stressed, is not an absolute right but must be exercised within
legal limits that protect social stability and public morals.