مقالات رأي

1/11/2021 A Fellow Journalist was denied coverage in a school after his expulsion by Kirkuk provincial Education Director, Abdul Ali Hussein Touma, as shown on camera footage. Karwan Salehi, a correspondent for the Kirkuk Now news agency, told the Press Freedom Advocacy association in Iraq …

29/10/2021 Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq learned that the UTV  Baghdad office was raided by militants who delivered a (lighters) message to the reception on the background of hosting a politician a day before. Sources said that 15 militants raided the office that lies …

21/10/2021 A number of protesters, camped near the International Zone (IZ), detained a reporter and cameraman for Rudaw TV inside a tent this morning, Thursday, while they were covering sit-ins rejecting the results of the parliamentary elections. The Rudaw TV correspondent Mustafa Goran told the …

Baghdad: IJA  The Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq has recently announced a media advocacy campaign to eliminate defaming women Candidates to firm their entitlement to run for the elections. The campaign ” Canidacy is her Right”  was launched a month before the early parliamentary …

13/10/2021 A security officer stormed the live casting site of al-Ghadeer TV during its coverage of Wednesday’s election results announcement conference inside the Martyr’s Monument building in central Baghdad. Alaa Hussein, a correspondent for the Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq, said he was surprised …

1/10/2021 Al-Marbad Media Foundation informed Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq that al-Sharqiya TV correspondent Ayman al-Sheikh stole and shut down the foundation’s platforms, following the judicial decision that restored the legitimate administration to its Normal Status. The Director of the foundation, Dhiaa al-Bazouni, said …

14/9/2021 The “management” of al-Mirbad Media Foundation granted a compulsory leave to photographer and video editor, Sajjad Ali Jassim who was prevented from entering the building, on Monday, after a series of layoffs and forced dismissals, following an incident of illegal getting hold of the …

Baghdad: PFAA Coinciding with the launch of the propaganda campaigns for the early elections to be held next October, we noted the launch of smear, misinformative and defaming campaigns targeting many female candidates, for political and social purposes and others related to male domination of …

12/9/2021 The president of Dhi Qar University, Dr. Yahya al-Khafaji, prevented several media channels from covering a protest stand for a number of professors on campus Sunday morning. Yas al-Khafaji, a correspondent for the Al-Ahwar TV channel, told Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq that …

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 …