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13/11/2022 Armed elements in civilian attires prevented several satellite channels from covering a student demonstration, which started today in Sulaymaniyah near the political bureau of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, seized their equipment, and arrested a photojournalist. The Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq learned …

12/11/2022 Zagros TV reporter, Mustafa Salman, was beaten by one of the Asayish security officers, Saturday morning .Salman stated to Press Freedom Advocacy Association – PFAA in Iraq by a phone call that he was in a special media coverage of a fire incident that …

7/11/2022 Federal Police Members in Kirkuk seized the equipment of the NRT channel and the “Zoom Media” media institution staff, while they were returning from a coverage on the security situation in Daquq district in Kirkuk governorate. Press Freedom Advocacy Association-PFAA  in Iraq had information …

12/10/2022 Members of the National Security forces in Mosul arrested Hala FM director, Sattar al-Mahal, and released him on bail after a couple of days.. Al-Mahal told the Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq that he was released, on Wednesday morning from the Directorate of …

7/10/2022 Monday morning, army security forces in Kirkuk prevented Speda channel staff from covering long queues of cars in gas stations, Speda reporter Allen Nashat mentioned in a phone call to Press Freedom Advocacy Association that he and his colleague cameraman Mohammed Ayoub went to …

3/10/2022 Members of the army forces in Sinjar arrested a reporter and cameraman of the channel “ChiraTV” along with their driver, on Monday evening.. The Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq learned from its sources in the district that the force arrested the reporter and …

26/9/2022 The Khanaqin Head of District (Qaim maqam) issued a circular to the district Police, to prevent all media channels from covering any event without obtaining their approval. The Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq was provided with a copy of the book issued by …

24/9/2022 Security forces in Erbil detained two reporters and a photojournalist, preventing them from covering a demonstration in Erbil, on Saturday morning in support of Iran’s protests against the backdrop of the killing of Iranian Kurdish girl Mahsa Amini. The correspondent of the “Westke” Foundation, …

18/9/2022 The mother of a photojournalist sentenced to 7 years in prison on malicious charges, Kahraman Shoukry, submitted a request to the president of the Kurdistan region, to release her son, and to commute the sentence against him for “conspiring to overthrow the regime” last …

12/9/2022 Security elements of Najaf SWAT forces detained the correspondent of the “Al-Mustaqil” newspaper, Ali Al-Sharifi, while conveying traffic congestion and suffering facing visitors to reach Najaf province, on Sunday night. Al-Sharifi’s colleague told the Press FreedomAdvocacy Association in Iraq that SWAT elements detained him …

30/8/2022 Journalists continue to be targeted after a day of beatings, detentions, confiscation of equipment and denial of coverage on the sidelines of the tragic events that took place in Baghdad throughout the day and night on Monday. At dawn on Tuesday, unknown gunmen in …

29/8/2022 International Zone Security forces denied UTV correspondent and cameraman from covering the incident of the protestors raiding into the governmental palace on Monday noon. The Manager of the Channel told the Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq that their correspondent, Haider alBadri and cameraman, …