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 …
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Zakros staff arrested in Dhi Qar province
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 …
أكمل القراءة » Media Observation Report on Iraqi Press Violations 2020
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 …
أكمل القراءة »NRT closure extended in Kurdistan
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 …
أكمل القراءة »Al-Asayish arrests Ruz News correspondent in Erbil
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 …
أكمل القراءة »Diyala governor bans Altaghyir reporter from duty
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 …
أكمل القراءة »Kurdistan 24 staff arrested in Sulaimania
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 …
أكمل القراءة »Riot forces beat journalists in Basra while covering protests
6/11/2020 Riot police severely beat Al-Marbad radio reporter Haidar al-Muzani and Reuters photographer Mohammed al-Fartoussi, preventing them from covering a demonstration that began this evening in Basra. Al-Muzani said in a telephone call to Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq that he was on a …
أكمل القراءة »Impunity in Iraq: 92 Journalists killed within one Decade…Incompetent Consecutive Governments and Free Criminals
For a decade, Iraq recorded the killing of 92 journalists between assassination, execution and systematic targeting. The authorities’ investigations did not reveal most of the killings of journalists in different provinces and cities of Iraq. International indicators have classified Iraq as one of the most …
أكمل القراءة »While covering the burning of the KDP headquarters in Baghdad: Journalists Detained
17/10/2020 Security Personnel of the Federal Police in Baghdad detained the team of al-Ahd and i News channels on Saturday morning. Baghdad correspondent Mohammed al-Awadconfirmed to Press Freedom SAdvocacy Association in Iraq the arrest of his colleagues in the channel Mohammed al-Zuhairi, Ali Jassim, Abbas …
أكمل القراءة »Citizen Banned from Expression in Basra
14/10/2020 A video taken by a citizen showed members of the Basra governor’s office, Asaad al-Aidani, dictating the crew of al-Iraqiya TV, and preventing them from meeting with citizens and clients of the provincial building. Press Freedom Advocacy Association received a copy of a video …
أكمل القراءة »MCC Authority prevents many media from covering the Arbain ceremony
7/10/2020 The Media and Communications Commission (MCC) has strongly banned many Iraqi satellite channels from covering the Arbain visit ceremony in Karbala. Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq learned from its representative in Karbala, and a number of fellow journalists, that the commission banned all …
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