Iraqi journalist, theatre director killed in Baghdad

Hadi al-Mehdi was a journalist, writer, theater director.  On 25 February, Hadi al-Mehdi joined the 'Day of Rage' protests in Tahrir Square in Baghdad.  He told Amnesty International that after the demonstration finished on 25 February, he was having lunch with three friends when at least 15 soldiers stormed the restaurant, beat him and his three friends with their rifles and forced them into vehicles.   He told Amnesty International that he was taken to a detention centre, which was later identified as the former building of the Defence Ministry, and interrogated. He said he was frequently beaten during the interrogation. He received electric shocks to his feet twice and was threatened with rape. He was subsequently released in the early hours of 26 . Hadi is the main organizer of a big demonstration tomorrow Sept 9, but today (Sept 8) he was killed.  If anyone has ANY links to journalists who can write about the persecution of artists and journalists in Iraq, and the death of Hadi Al-Mehdi, please pass along this information.