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Romanian Govt Denies Any Knowledge Of Ransom Paid For Journalists Kidnapped In Iraq

The Romanian government has no information regarding any ransom paid to the kidnappers of three Romanian journalists in Iraq in 2005, government spokesperson Camelia Spataru said Tuesday.
Romanian Govt Denies Any Knowledge Of Ransom Paid For Journalists Kidnapped In Iraq
04 mart. 2008, 11:19, English

“The government holds no information regarding any kind of ransom,” Spataru said. 

The decision of an Iraqi court to cancel the death sentence for Mohammad Munaf, accused of kidnapping the three Romanian journalists, refers to the fact that the kidnappers released the journalists after negotiating with the Romanian authorities and after receiving ransom.

The lawyers of Munaf have formally notified the U.S. Supreme Court that an Iraqi court has cancelled his death sentence.

The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear Munaf’s case on March 25, following a brief seeking judicial review and a writ of habeas corpus filed by The Brennan Center for Justice, along with the MacArthur Center for Justice.

On January 29, 2008 the Federal Iraqi Court ruled that the decision to condemn Munaf to death by hanging was based on procedural errors and decided to annul it.

Munaf was accused alongside other five people, of involvement in a kidnap-for-hire case.