مقالات رأي

27/11/2010 Joint security forces from the interior and National security, accompanied by a team from the Communications and Media Commission, stormed the headquarters of Dijlah channel on Tuesday evening. According to a number of colleagues working in the channel, the force raided the channel after …

23/11/2019 For the third week in a row, Al-Bashir Show’s program was deliberately deranged by an unknown party. Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq and via a telephone call with employees of the German channel DW, confirmed that the program of Bashir Show, presented by …

11/11/2019 Al-Ahd tv crew were prevented from filming the victims of protests by security forces in several hospitals. “The staff of al-Ahd Tv; a correspondent, a cameraman and an assistant photographer, were on a mission to film the wounded in the demonstrations at Madinatultib Hospital, but they were prevented from filming because of …

11/11/2019 Raad Salim, Correspondent for Almarbid was subjected to a gas canister attack on Sunday in Thi Qar. The representative of Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq said that Raad Salim was standing in front of the education Directorate in Thi Qar to cover the …

9/11/2019 German DW channel’s broadcast signal was interrupted on Friday for more than half an hour. “The channel was jammed from inside Iraq on Friday night, and at the time of “Al-Bashir Show” where the channel couldn’t broadcast more than half the episode, he said, …

6/11/2019 For the second time in less than a month, GOI cuts down the internet service from middle and southern areas in Iraq; an action that the government retreats to whenever the demand rises to control the erupting demonstrations in different Iraqi provinces. Security forces …

Armed Attacks, Raids, 17 media bodies shut down and hostilities offending more than 88 Journalists October marked the worst month of press freedom in Iraq since 2003. During the October demonstrations, Iraq witnessed unprecedented violations of journalists in a range of Iraqi provinces, where the …

26/10/2019 AlSumeria and Alsumeria news channels cameraman Ali Jasim was hit by a gas canister during his coverage of the ongoing protests in Baghdad. Ali Abdulzahra from AlSumeria newsroom told Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq that during the channel’s coverage of the protests that are taking place in Altahrir square in Baghdad, Ali Jasim was injured by a directed gas canister …

25/10/2019 Riot police attacked and beaten Altaghyircorrespondent Mohammed Qadirduring his covering the Demonstrations in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square. ”While covering the demonstrations in Tahrir Square and after we were allowed to cross Aljumhuriya Bridge by security forces, we were surprised by our obstruction by the riot …

Ali Abdulzahrah told Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq that the Alsumeria staff were on the duty of covering the protests that erupted in Baghdad when its correspondent Hisham Wasim was severely injured when directly confronted with a tear gas canister that was fired by security forces. The victim was instantly transferred to Alkindi hospital …

2019/10/16 NRT presenter Amang Babani was assassinated with his wife and son this evening by unknown assailants in Sulaimaniyah. The representative of the Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Kurdistan said that the circumstances of the assassination were mysterious, and the security authorities did not issue an explanation until the moment. Amang Babani is the …

11/10/2019 A week after Iraqi media bodies were hit by open attacks that shut down five television stations and damaged the interests of hundreds of its employees, the Iraqi government is still refusing to investigate. Today, after the religious authority called on the government to investigate the story of …