New charges filed against Irish citizen in Iraq

Anti-corruption activist Yasser Eljuboori with his wife Laura Wickham. Picture: Laura Wickham

An Irish citizen who was detained in Iraq has been informed that he now faces two new charges and is unable to leave the country after being told last week that all charges against him have been dropped.

Yasser Eljuboori, 37, was held by police in Baghdad since he attempted to board a flight out of the Iraqi capital on Monday. He had spent a week in Iraq visiting his ill mother.