مقالات رأي

15/7/2020 The security of the Sheraton Hotel in Basra prevented the cadres of some satellite channels from covering the conference held by Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi upon his arrival this morning, in the province. Fouad al-Halfi, a reporter for the iNews channel, told Press Freedom …

28/6/2020 Six months have passed since the assassination of journalists Ahmed Abdel Samad and Safaa Ghali, and the results of the government investigation are still kept secret. After the gruesome assassination of fellow journalists near Basra police headquarters, while returning from coverage of the popular …

24/6/2020 At least 22 local radio stations in Baghdad and the provinces have been shut down on the grounds that they have not paid off their debts. On the other hand, the commission allowed dozens of other broadcasting Agencies to continue operating despite their financial …

22/6/2020 Although journalists were excluded from the preventive curfew imposed by the National Health and Safety Cell, security forces prevented many of them from passing for unknown reasons. Press Freedom Advocacy Association recorded most of the bans that occurred during the period from (18 /3/ …

22/6/2020 The Public Prosecutor’s Office in Erbil has recommended that the Ministry of Culture in the Kurdistan region close the NRT channel on the background of the publication of reports on health conditions in the region and the high number of people infected with the …

18/6/2020 Police prevented a reporter and cameraman from covering demonstrations in Shaqawa district on Thursday morning. The channel’s correspondent, Younis Hamad, told Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq that the Police of Al-Asaish prevented him and the channel’s cameraman Rifaat Mohammed from covering a fuming …

18/6/2020 The administration of Dijla Channel rejected the insults that abused its correspondent in Diyala by the director of health, Dr. Ali Al-Shaji, last week. Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq learned through a telephone conversation with fellow reporter Ali Ibrahim that he was on …

16/6/2020 A number of fellow journalists were subjected to tear gas attacks on Tuesday evening in Basra. A representative of Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Basra said that reporters of Marbad and i- News Ahmed Al-Mozani and Fouad Al-Halafi and AP cameraman Nabil Al-Jurani were …

13/6/2020 Security forces in Basra prevented journalists from reaching their places of work on Saturday morning. The coordinator of Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq, Shihab Ahmed said that the security forces prevented him from reaching his place of work at Rashid Radio, as well …

9/6/2020 Security forces in Kirkuk prevented satellite Media workers from reaching their offices on Tuesday morning. The Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq was informed through a telephone call with reporter of Kalli Kurdistan in Kirkuk , Azad Shakur that the security forces prevented him …

8/6/2020 Riot police and security forces attacked the cadres of the Dijla and Baghdadi channels while covering demonstrations in Najaf on Monday morning. On  a telephone call, the Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq learned that, Dijla tv reporter Karrar al-Assaf according to his words, …

7/6/2020 A correspondent for al-Sumeriya tv in Baghdad, was prevented from reaching his workplace sunday morning, by a traffic man at a checkpoint in Al-Jadriya,. Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq learned from the family of the channel that colleague Ali Khashan was prevented from …