Authorities in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region handed down a new prison term on Tuesday to jailed investigative journalist Sherwan Sherwani, his lawyer said, just before he was due to complete a previous sentence.

At the court in the regional capital Arbil, witnesses said there were altercations between law enforcement and Sherwani's relatives and supporters who came to attend the hearing.

Sherwani is the former editor of the magazine Bashur, known for its investigations into corruption.

He was arrested in 2020 and jailed the following year for "espionage" and "incitement to protest and destabilise the region", and in 2023 received another sentence for falsifying a signature on a petition.

The journalist's lawyer, Mohamed Abdallah, said he was due for release in September, but on Tu

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