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SULAIMANIYAH, Kurdistan region 'Iraq', — In recent years, the political classes in Kurdistan Region have struggled to come to terms with exposure to media spotlights and being criticised by them. They find it difficult to cope with criticism especially if it is coming from media organisations, which does not belong to their political parties or on their payrolls.
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Last week it emerged that Jalal Talabani (Iraqi President and PUK leader) and Massoud Barzani (Kurdistan Region President and KDP leader), have lodged a libel case against a privately owned, Lvin Magazine. The defamation action was brought in connection to a report publish by the magazine, accusing the leadership of PUK (Patriotic Union of Kurdistan) and KDP (Kurdistan Democratic Party) of plotting to assassinate the leaders of the main three opposition parties in Kurdish parliament.
