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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, …

29/8/2022 Security forces near the Green Zone launched a brutal attack on press crews as they covered protests at the government palace building on Monday afternoon. Security forces have arrested Al-Jazeera and Al-Rasheed channels’ cadres, and beaten and insulted the staff of Al-Fallujah and Al-Arabiya …

8/8/2022 Forces affiliated to Saraya Alsalam  in Najaf prevented a number of media channels from covering a fire that erupted in one of its residencies. The forces detained the cameraman of al-Taghyir channel for documenting the incident on Monday morning. Mohammed Razzaq, correspondent of al-Taghyir …

6/8/2022 The Authorities in Kurdistan region continue chasing and suppressing on the background of the voices that were raised by civil actors to organize protests over several parts of the region. The forces have arrested the journalist Ayoub Warti, KNN correspondent, hours earlier in Erbil. …

6/8/2022 Since last Friday night, the security services in the Kurdistan region continue their clampdown of arresting 11 journalists until the moment of issuing this statement. This coincides with the errupting of demonstrations on Saturday in the cities of the region, where the number of …