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 …
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Anbar Governor bans Alsharqiya; PFAAI demands accountability
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 …
أكمل القراءة »Kurdish Security Forces enable attack against NRT in Erbil
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 …
أكمل القراءة »Abducted Journalist Released at Kurdish Checkpoint
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 …
أكمل القراءة »Expulsion of 40 journalists from KRG HOR after hours of horror
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 …
أكمل القراءة »Security forces detained on Saturday Alghad channel correspondent and cameraman Omar Almuniri and Mohammed Dhiyaa in Erbil.
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 …
أكمل القراءة »Karbala Correspondents Disdain selectivity in Key Coverage
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 …
أكمل القراءة »In Wasit Journalist Home surged by militants
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 …
أكمل القراءة »Alqadisiya University prevents coverage exempting IMN and Alhurra
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 …
أكمل القراءة »Correspondent’s Residence Showered by Anonymous Fire in Baghdad
The home of Heba Hussain, correspondent for NINA News Agency, was showered by militants’ fire in eastern Baghdad. Hiba told Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq, that the attack was held at midnight, on Saturday. the house was seriously damaged but no lives were claimed. …
أكمل القراءة »Journalists banned from Coverage in Karbalaa
Karbalaa Provincial Council prevented media workers from covering its session today; a session that is dedicated to interrogate the Head of the Intelligence Apparatus in the province on the background of the explosion of Ein Tamur, being the fifth of a series of similar bans. …
أكمل القراءة »KRG cuts terrestrial transmission for NRT in province
28/8/2017 Erbil’s Ministry of Culture and Youth, the Directorate of Media, Printing and Publication stopped the terrestrial transmission of NRT channel in the province. In a statement, the channel announced that the decision was made under the excuse that it did not abide to valid …
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