مقالات رأي

29/7/2021 The Communications and Media Commission (CMC) issued a number of obligations to the media, including legal and constitutional violations. The Commission’s letter, entitled “Circulation to All Media Outlets”, included an intervention in the nature of dialogues, the selection of guests, and the form and …

16/7/2021 A joint army and police force prevented KRG 24 staff from covering a murder in Bardi district, north of Kirkuk. A reporter for the channel, Hayman Dalou, said on a telephone call to the Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq that he and his …

13/7/2021 PUK/Pavel Talabani wing elements raided the headquarters of the Kurdish channel I Plus, which is still in the process of being piloted online, and arrested a number of journalists working there, while the force informed three news sites that its offices should be closed …

13/7/2021 Security forces have released Ashraf al-Azzawi, a correspondent for the Arabic-language RT (Russia Today) television channel in Baghdad, after a five-hour detention. Azzawi told Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq that he was at the channel’s headquarters today when a security force belonging to …

6/7/2021 A security force detained Rasim Saidi , Correspondent  for Dijla Channel in Dhi Qar, while covering the protests on Monday morning. Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq received an audio message from the reporter confirming his detention after a while on the scene of …

6/7/2021 For the second time in its history, the House of Representatives issued a resolution obliging all journalists to enter the parliamentary premises by wearing the official uniform, otherwise, they are denied entrance. The parliament’s media department issued a statement stressing the council’s “keenness to …

2/7/2021 Security forces prevented the staff of AlHurra Iraq and AlTaghyir channels from covering a protest in Nahrawan late Friday. Al-Hurra Iraq correspondent Ahmed al-Rassam told the Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq that he was on a press mission to cover the demonstrations that …

14/6/2021 Columnist Hshar Ali continues to receive death threats for continuously criticizing the political situation and the deteriorating living conditions in Iraqi Kurdish region. Hshar, who left Sulaimaniyah six months ago, and settled in Britain in search of security and protection from the tyranny of …

12/6/2021 Fuad AlHilfy, INews correspondent in Basra, was severely beaten by the hospital security guards in Basra. The incident took place yesterday, Friday. Alhilfy told Press Freedom Advocacy Association that he was on duty in the hospital to cover the status quo of the inpatients …

10/5/2021 For more than 10 hours now, the Furat channel’s correspondent in Diwaniyah, Ahmed Hassan, has been an assassination target attempted by unidentified gunmen early Monday. The incident occurred in front of his home in Al-Shamia district while he was returning from the capital Baghdad, …

5/6/2021 Several civil society organizations concerned with freedom of expression and press in Iraq, a number of independent local institutions and media bodies, and a gathering of journalists launched the founding framework of the Press Freedom Alliance. This came at a meeting sponsored by the …

31/5/2021 Al-Taghyir TV director Akram Zankana ordered the evacuation of the channel’s Baghdad office after receiving threatening letters to kill him and all his employees. Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq learned from colleagues working in the channel about the evacuation of the headquarters that …