An Iraqi lawyer filed a lawsuit against Iraqi actor Ahmed Waheed on charges of insulting the deceased Iraqi judge, Muhammad Oreibi, who issued the death sentence against former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, by embodying a judicial figure with the same big mustache in one of the episodes of a series shown on an Iraqi channel.
Despite the explanations made by the actor and his saying that “the use of mustaches in the scene is not evidence of imitation,” the matter did not prevent the lawyer from continuing his lawsuit, which demanded that legal measures be taken against both the actor and the owner of the channel that broadcasts the series and its authorized director, and also demanded the issuance of a decision Ban and stop broadcasting the series.
This lawsuit sparked a wide wave of interaction on social media platforms, ranging from those who support its content and demand the cessation of the series, and those who see it as exaggerating the right of a capable actor, as they described it.
Lawyer Ahmed Shahid Al-Shammari filed a lawsuit against the actor and the channel, two days after showing an episode of the series “Red Cat”, which is broadcast by the UTV satellite channel, which specializes in entertainment.
Al-Shammari considered that actor Ahmed Waheed mocked and mocked in a veiled way the Iraqi judge, Muhammad Al-Araibi, and that this mockery coincided with the anniversary of his death.
Al-Shammari also considered that the actor not only insulted the judge, but also insulted the Supreme Judicial Council, given that Judge Al-Araibi was one of the pillars of the Iraqi judiciary, as he put it.
For his part, the artist Ahmed Waheed published a post on his Facebook page, which received wide interaction among the pioneers of social networking sites, in which he presented the justifications for the invalidity of the lawsuit.
Waheed considered that he did not imitate the tone of voice, hand movement, or facial expressions of Judge Al-Araibi, and that the mustache that was used is not evidence of imitation of the “deceased.” He is dead.. It is neither virility nor morals to imitate a dead person in order to offend him.”
Waheed also justified that the character he presented was not corrupt or unjust, but rather was the character of a just judge, considering that the whole scene does not represent an offense to any judge in the first place.
Waheed said that it is unreasonable for him to be an opponent of a well-known clan in southern Iraq and to offend its deceased son, who is from the city of Basra, saying: “I am the son of this country and the son of the city of Basra..and I cannot get myself into trouble with its people..” According to the BBC. “BBC”.
The communication platforms were divided between two teams, one of which believes that the actor is a capable artist, who presented a distinguished group of works within his career.
Others also demanded that the scenes not be interpreted incorrectly, and called for focusing on supporting Iraqi works of art and mitigating their criticism in this way.
On the other hand, some of the tweeters called for the implementation of a judicial ruling against Waheed, considering that in his clip he offended an important national and judicial symbol.
It is noteworthy that Judge Muhammad al-Araibi had a prominent role in the trial of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, where he sentenced him to death in the Anfal case in 2006. He also ran for the parliamentary elections in 2018, but he did not obtain a sufficient number of votes to qualify him to win, and he died in April 2021 due to repercussions. infected with the Corona virus.