Police Say Iraqi Reporter Who Criticized Government Shot Dead
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Police say an Iraqi journalist who criticized the government has been shot to death.
Hadi al-Mehdi had a weekly program on a Baghdad radio channel on which he called on the government to provide better water, electricity and other public services to Iraqis. He also used Facebook to organize demonstrations every Friday in Baghdad.
A city police officer says the 30-year-old man was shot Thursday by gunmen using silenced pistols in the capital's mostly Shiite neighborhood of al-Jidida.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}His death was confirmed by a medic at Ibn al-Nafis hospital.
Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information.
Human rights watchdogs have consistently called Iraq one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists.