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    Journalists in the Kurdistan region have taken the brunt of turmoil  and the wave of protests that have swept several cities in the region. Many colleagues are being prosecuted according to arrest warrants issued against them, and journalists are not allowed to approach …

Emergency third security regiment attacked the cadre of Almawqif satellite channel during the coverage of ( Alshourjah fire)  in Baghdad. Laith Ahmad Jumaa, newsroom director told Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq that the team; Hasan Hadi, correspondent and  Haider Mohammed , cameraman, along with …

  Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq declares supporting the cadre of Alsabah Iraqi daily journal after the fault issued in the publication concerning the three Deputies of Iraqi presidency. The association expresses its concern due to the rage that was directed against the staff …

 18/12/2017 On the background of the protests that were lately surging Sulaimaniya, and some parts of Erbil, Kurdish Security forces arrested KNN correspondent Abu Bakr Hussein, and NRT correspondent Taha Aladnani was shotduring their coverage of the demonstrations. Representatives of Press Freedom Advocacy Association in …

17/12/2017 Anbar governor Mohammed Alhalbousi issued orders to close the offices of Alsharqiya Satellite Channel in the province based on the book of the Communications and Media Commission that was issued some time ago that bans its functioning inside Iraqi territory. The commission issued a …

NRT staff was attacked again by a group of protestors while covering their action in front of UNAMI delegation in Erbil. Omid Juwany, NRT correspondent told Press Freedom Advocacy Association that Kurdish security forces in Erbil banned their coverage of the protest that was demanding …

20/10/2017 Asayish Kurdish Forces released Egyptian Alghad correspondent who was held at the main checkpoint in Erbil- Kirkuk after carrying out the coverage of incidents in the city. Sources followed by Press Freedom Advocacy Association said that The Kurdish Asayish Forces abducted correspondent Suhaib Ali …

29/10/2017 Asayish KRG security forces expelled forty journalists from its HOR after more than three hours of being held by anonymous militants who had surged the place; at least three of the journalists sustained different bruises and wounds. Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Erbil representative …

30/9/2017 Security forces detained on Saturday Alghad channel correspondent and cameraman Omar Almuniri and Mohammed Dhiyaa in Erbil. PFAAI coordinator in Erbil said that the correspondent and cameraman where surprised by being detained as they were getting ready for broadcasting direct interviews with pedestrians; both …

A number of satellite correspondents in Karbala province resented the selectivity that tainted the province’s attitude in naming certain media bodies to cover Ashura conference. On Wednesday, the province’s correspondents told PFAAI that the province invited (IMN, Alhurra and Sumeria) only to cover the conference …

A military force that was dressed as civilians surged the home of Alfurat Satellite channel correspondent in Wasit, Riyadh Alikaili, and threatened to neutralize him on the background of covering the case of seizing governmental property. Alikaili told Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq that …

Federal police in Diwaniya and University security force of Qadisiya University banned a number of  E-media channels and Radios from covering the teaching staff’s demonstrations inside the university. Dhiyaa Muhammed Radhi, informed Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq that he and a number of his …