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25/5/2021 Security forces have prevented several media outlets from covering the demonstrations that began this morning in The Nisour and Tahrir Squares Asia Correspondent Louay al-Hassan of the Press Freedom Advocacy Association reported that members of the security forces in Tahrir Square prevented him and …

:Introduction   As part of the PAA’s efforts to defend press freedom and the rights of journalists and provide a safe legal environment for journalistic work in Iraq, the study was set to find out how the Media and Communications Commission, as a regulatory body, …

16/5/2021 The security authorities in Sulaymaniyah detained the editor-in-chief of the “Diplomatic Magazine”, Haymen Baqer, this morning, Sunday, after he responded to a report by the Bakhtiari police station. The coordinator of the Press Freedom Advocacy Association  (PFAA) in in Sulaymaniyah stated that Haymen Baqer …

The Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq underlined the continuity of abuses and violations that are uprooting press freedom in all its forms in the country. Levels of violations are not diminishing and preserve their past levels due to the lack of interference and no …

1/4/2021 Al-Sharqiya TV crew was severely beaten while performing their duties in Parliament, Wednesday, and their equipment was destroyed. Correspondent Mohammed Saad told the Press Freedom Advocacy Association that he was on a private coverage yesterday with his colleague, photographer Ahmed Labib, to transmit the …

19/3/2021 A correspondent and cameraman for I News Agency were slightly injured while covering the protests in Babylon Osama al-Abedi, the correspondent told the Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq thathe was hit in the back area by iron balls, while his cameraman, Mithal al-Dulaimi, …

15/3/2021 Zaid al-Salami, a reporter for Nas news agency, suffered a severe suffocation on Monday as he was covering the protests in Najaf province Al-Salami told the Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq that he was near the provincial building to convey the ongoingevents, and …

14/3/2021 Riot police severely beat Asia Correspondent HaidarSaleh while covering protests in Najaf Haidar said, on a telephone call, to the Press FreedomAdvocacy Association in Iraq, that he was surprised that members of the riot police beat him with batons while covering the protests in …

7/3/2021 A reporter for Radio Al-Marbad in Diwaniyah, Dhia al-Muhja, was severely beaten by angry protesters on Sunday evening. The coordinator of the Association for Press Freedom Advocacy in Diwaniyah said the colleague was beaten by a number of protesters while covering the demonstrations that …

6/3/2021 The Prime Minister’s Protocol personnel imposed unexpected measures on satellite channels during the pope’s visit to Najaf, and prevented them from covering the visit. The coordinator of the Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Najaf complained about the ill-treatment he and fellow journalists suffered while …

24/2/2021 A security force detained Rudaw tv staff while on duty in Sinjar district on Wednesday morning. Channel reporter Hiwa Helmaldin told the Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq that armed men in military uniforms detained their correspondent Tahsin Qassem and cameraman Nayef Edo, while …

16/2/2021 The Erbil Criminal Court sentenced two journalists to six years in prison for trying to overthrow the government. Press Freedom Advocacy Association has learned fromthe journalists’ lawyers Asso Hashem that SherwanShirwani and Kohdar Zebari, as well as activists Shafan Saeed, Ayaz Karam and Herwan …