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  Media and Communications Commission (MCC) informed Asharqiya channel operating in Baghdad that it is banned from exercising function on Iraqi grounds. Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq managed to obtain the books issued by the commission and signed by its president Safaa Aldin Alsafi, …

  Karbalaa cameraman, Yasir Alkinani, was injured during escorting security forces in Ain Tallawy village western Mosul resulting in sustaining light wounds. His state is stable according to latest update, and it is learnt that he would resume military operations coverage shortly. At the time …

  Family of the Finder and Producer of the Ironic Popular Show ( Wilayat Bathikh= melon county) , Ali Fadhil , lived a horrifying night after an attack carried by a number of Bani Lam Tribal members. Fadhil’s family was forced to leave the house …

  KNN Kurdish Satellite Channel dismissed 51 workers because of its financial crisis. The channel’s DG Abdulrazzaq Sherif, told Press Freedom Advocacy Association that the dispatch covered all offices of the channel, in Suleimaniya, Erbil and Duhouk. And that the current situation pressed the channel …

11/2/2017 Last Saturday has witnessed a wave of attacks by security forces against journalists and press teams who were covering the protests at Altahrir square in Baghdad. Live broadcast was prohibited and all means of live coverage was closely followed and banned. Press Freedom Advocacy …

Almerbad Radio Correspondent in Basrah, Ali Albadran was attacked by a number of security forces during his coverage of the incident of bombing a liquors store in Bashar Street in the old part of Basrah on Tuesday. Related, Fuad Ahilfi, correspondent for a Turkish News …

4/2/2017 Editor in Chief of Assabah formal Newspaper, Ahmad Abdulsada, has been threatened by the Family of the Minister of Health, Dr. Adeela Hmoud on the background of adhering to valid procedures and regulations adopted in the media body. Abdulsada told Press Freedom Advocacy Association …

15/1/2017 Kurdsat correspondent Kilan Butani was wounded during his coverage of the ongoing battles in Mosul University between Anti-Terrorist Forces and ISIS. Butani told Press Freedom Advocacy Association that fragments have wounded his right hand after being besieged for three hours inside the university building …

15/1/2017   Alitijah Satellite Channel correspondent, Ali Mutteir was injured during covering the battles of liberating Mosul University from ISIS. Mutteir suffered from a bomb fragment that rested in his chest, in spite of wearing a chest armor; the fact that eliminated his injury to …

  Press workers in Iraq still suffer the burden of terrorist fire and militias, mouth muzzling directives issued by security commands and political whims, blocking the road in front of press function, and the reckless legislative authority that took no serious step in reforming the …

24/11/2016 Bashir Aldawoudi , Biladi channel correspondent, sustained injuries due to an attack against high ranking popular mobilization officers’ meeting in Talafar air base in Ninevah. Aldawoudi confirmed that he had bruises on his shoulders and a broken arm. He was transferred to Diwaniya province …

K24 Kurdish satellite channel reported that three Iraqi journalists were freed from abduction in Libya. The journalists, who were covering Tripoli’s events, were released by restless efforts of the Libyan government, according to the statement of its Foreign Affairs. The team that consisted of correspondent …