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29/7/2022 Sadri protestors closed down the Furat Channel Office in Basra on Friday evening. The Press Freedom Advocacy Association had learnt that the Sadrists closed the channel’s office on the background of the statements that were released by the Head of AlHikma bloc “Ammar AlHakim” …

18/6/2022 The Information and Communications Commission has issued a directive to all media where it prohibits the hosting of the brother of former Basra governor Ismail Masbah al-Waeli. The commission said in its directive that its decision  was based on Divan order 65 , article …

18/6/2022 The head of the Federal Police in Karbala, Maj. Gen. Saleh al-Ameri, insulted the Director of the Karbala branch of the Journalists’ Syndicate, Hussein al-Shammari, on Saturday evening. Al-Shammari, who also works as director of al-Iraqiya TV’s office in the province, was subjected to …

2/6/2022 Iraq’s Media Network suspended the “ ALmuhayid= The Neutral” program on the background of the political objections concerning the opinion of one of the program’s guests criticizing the Supreme Judicial Council. The network’s board of trustees issued its decision late Wednesday night and published …

24/5/2022 A security force arrested al-Baghdadia TV presenter Ali al-Thabhawi this morning as he was led to the intelligence headquarters to interrogate him to be released after four hours. The Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq has learned that al-Thabhawi’s release came after a callfrom …

19/5/2022 The Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq, in collaboration with the Center for the Future of Iraq and the Baghdad Foundation for the Defense of Victims of Opinion, held a dialogue session to discuss the possibility of restoring the Publishing Court under the motto …

3/5/2022 The annual monitoring Efforts of the Press Freedom  Advocacy Association in Iraq /PFAA indicates a similar setback to last year’s record of violations against journalists and press and media workers, through daily and immediate monitoring of all violations. During the reporting period, PFAA monitored …

Lawsuits against journalists in Iraq are on the rise, due to the political will to keep dictatorial laws in force to this day, in order to muzzle mouths and reduce the space for freedom of expression and constitutionally guaranteed journalistic work. Some parties and authoritarian …

9/4/2022 The Iraqi Media Network terminated the services of presenter Saleh al-Hamdani following a post on social media that was deemed offensive to a religious symbol in the country by political actors. The network’s management issued an administrative order on the basis of the approval …

20/3/2022 Members of PM Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s security forces prevented a number of media outlets from covering the opening of the al-Batoul hospital building on the right side of Mosul on Sunday morning. The Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq  investigated the incident after contacting several …

19/3/2022 The Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq held its second consultative session to discuss the proposed amendments on the Media and Communications Commission bill in the presence of a group of PMs, their representatives, the Iraqi Media Network, journalists and jurists. Dr. Mohamed Nouri, …

19/3/2022 The Director of Shirin Bank in Erbil prevented a reporter and photographer of NRT channel from covering the receipt of the financial dues by retirees according to the Regional martyrs’ law, Thursday. Murad Surji, a correspondent for the Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq, …