We welcome Qubad Talabani's request

Metro Center welcomes the request of Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani that "officials should listen generously to the criticism of citizens and never file a complaint
against anyone on the criticism, complaints and anger of a citizen."

Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani has called on the Governor and administrative officials of Chamchamal to listen to the criticism of citizens and never file a complaint against any Citizen, not to create problems for an angry and dissatisfied citizen. They must use the law to enforce and facilitate the citizens, not to create problems for an angry and dissatisfied citizen.

Metro Center welcomes the request of Qubad Talabani, Deputy Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government, that officials listen generously to the criticism of citizens and never file a complaint against anyone on the criticism, complaints and anger of a citizen.

Also today, at the request of the governor of Halabja district, Nuksha Naseeh, the lawsuit filed against (Bryar Kamal Mohammed), a baker, was withdrawn by the joint committees of the governor's office, and he was released today.

Metro has called on the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) officials to view criticism, insults, jokes, protests, cartoons and satirical writing as a reason to improve their performance and not to take citizens and writers to court for these expressions.

About Metro

Established in August 2009 by a group of journalists and human rights defenders in collaboration with the Institute for War and Peace Reporters (IWPR), the Metro Center has since published 13 reports on the situation of press freedom.

Since its inception, it has been supported through projects by IWPR, the Norwegian People's Agency (NPA), International Media Support (IMS), the Gulf Center for Human Rights, the US State Department, Intenews and IRI.