Iraqis demonstrate over Web censorship

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    Date: 
    14 August 2009

    Iraqis including journalists, writers and booksellers demonstrated in central Baghdad on Friday against what they say is state censorship.

    The protest came as the Iraqi government considers banning some websites and after the imposition of book censorship rules. Journalists also object to draft legislation they say leaves them exposed to government interference in their profession.