Pressure group urges 'Free cameraman or charge him'
He was held in Baghdad on 26 July while he was in the Green Zone government compound for routine checks for a U.S. military press card.
“This is the third time U.S. forces have detained Ali al-Mashhadani without charge,” said Robert Mahoney, deputy director of the New York-based press rights group.
“The military has never substantiated any wrongdoing by him. The authorities must make evidence again him public or release him immediately.”
Reuters and the BBC have urged the U.S. military to release al-Mashhadani immediately or produce evidence to justify his detention.
A U.S. military spokesman said the cameraman was being held at Camp Cropper, an American prison near Baghdad airport, because he “has been assessed to be a threat to the security of Iraq and coalition forces.”
The spokesman said the case will be reviewed this week.
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