{"id":32,"name":"Muntazer al-Zaidi","url":"http:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com","description":"Muntadhar al-Zaidi (Arabic: ????? ??????? Munta?ar az-Zayd?)[a] is an Iraqi broadcast journalist who serves as a correspondent for Iraqi-owned, Egyptian-based Al-Baghdadia TV. Al-Zaidi's reports often focused on the plight of widows, orphans, and children in the Iraq War.\r\nOn November 16, 2007, al-Zaidi was kidnapped by unknown assailants in Baghdad. He was also previously twice arrested by the United States armed forces. On December 14, 2008, al-Zaidi threw his shoes at then-US president George W. Bush during a Baghdad press conference. Al-Zaidi suffered injuries as he was taken into custody and allegations have been made that he was tortured during his initial detention.\r\nOn February 20, 2009, al-Zaidi received a short 90-minute trial by the Central Criminal Court of Iraq. On March 12, 2009, he was sentenced to three years in prison for assaulting a foreign head of state during an official visit. On April 7 the sentence was reduced to one year from three years. He was released on 15 September 2009, after serving nine months of the sentence.","link":"https:\/\/imediata.org\/?author=32","slug":"muntazer-al-zaidi","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7a44dfb52647dfdacadf692536337a4ccf5cde1fe05b03854dd73cb0e546420f?s=24&d=mm&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7a44dfb52647dfdacadf692536337a4ccf5cde1fe05b03854dd73cb0e546420f?s=48&d=mm&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7a44dfb52647dfdacadf692536337a4ccf5cde1fe05b03854dd73cb0e546420f?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imediata.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/32","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imediata.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}