مقالات رأي

5/9/2021 A security force in Kirkuk detained five journalists in the line of duty last Saturday in a Kirkuk village. The  Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq  said that the security forces detained Turkish Anatolia news agency correspondent Eugene Jola, agency photographer Hisham Mohammed, NRT …

4/9/2021 An overnight  sound bomb attack was undertaken by Unidentified gunmen who targeted the home of  the fellow journalist Ali Fadhil, in Baquba district of Diyala province. The device was homemade and placed in front of his home in Baquba, causing material damage to the …

12/8/2021 Over the past few days, the Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq has followed up on the administrative crisis, incursions and violations suffered by a number of employees of al-Marbad Foundation, and has made a series of contacts with a number of employees of …

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 …