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9/1/2021 Wasit police chief’s information officer prevented journalists from covering a military parade ceremony held inside Kut Air Base. The Press Freedom Advocacy Association told colleagues at the foundation that the ban affected their correspondent in Wasit, Naseer al-Kabji, and other media groups who were …

8/1/2021 A reporter and cameraman were arrested by security members in Dhi Qar province on Friday. Falah al-Fadhli, the channel’s news director, told the Press Freedom Advocacy Association that their correspondent Ali Saleh and his cameraman were arrested while covering the protests that began in …

Introduction The year 2020 was different at all levels, but for the press scene in Iraq, not much has changed in terms of the violations affecting them, despite the Corona pandemic which remains the main concern of the world and the crises it has caused …

26/12/2020 The journalist Sherwan Sherwani is still languishing in the prisons of the Kurdistan Region and faces an unknown fate after the Asayish forces arrested him more than two months ago. The regional government has arrested Sherwani, who works as a free journalist, on the …

25/12/2020 Security officers at Sulaimania airport detained the director of Nalia media organization, Awat Ali. Press Freedom Advocacy Association coordinator reported that Upon his arrival from Sweden at Sulaimania airport, the airport security officers detained Awat  Ali , the Director of Nalia Foundation that includes …

24/12/2020 An Iraqi media presenter, Ahmed Shukri, had his car burned in front of his home in Baghdad by unknown assailants. Shukri told the Press Freedom Advocacy Association that he was surprised to see his car burned, without knowing who set it on fire. Shukri …

16/12/2020 The Kurdistan Regional Ministry of Culture has issued a decree extending the closure of NRT channel in the region for another week. The Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq learned from the director of the channel’s Baghdad office, Omed Mohammed, that the decision of …

12/14/2020 Security forces in Kirkuk governorate arrested a number of reporters while performing their duties in a village in the governorate, and took them to an unknown destination. The coordinator of the Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Kirkuk reported the arrest of the correspondent of …

13/12/2020 A security force from Asaish arrested a Ruz news reporter from his workplace in Erbil leading him to an unknown destination. Press Freedom Advocacy Associaton in Iraq  coordinator in Kurdistan said that the arrest of reporter “Zusik Joman” was due to a post he …

13/12/2020 Diyala Provincial Council Chairman Muthanna Al-Tamimi issued an order banning Al-Change TV reporter Hassan al-Shammari from entering the provincial headquarters and performing his work. Al-Shammari, in a telephone conversation with Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq, said he was on a press mission inside …

13/12/2020 A group of security elements of the Basra International Stadium prevented the Iq News Agency reporter from performing his duties while he was inside the stadium. The coordinator of the Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Basra stated that the correspondent Ahmed Khairallah, after the …

12/12/2020 Asaish forces continue to target press and media crews in the areas and cities of protests for the third day in a row, arresting the staff of Kurdistan 24 TV, hours ago while performing their duties inside a popular market in Sulaimania. The coordinator …