Deliberate Signal interruption affecting DW during airing Albashir talk show

9/11/2019

German DW channel’s broadcast signal was interrupted on Friday for more than half an hour. “The channel was jammed from inside Iraq on Friday night, and at the time of “Al-Bashir Show” where the channel couldn’t broadcast more than half the episode, he said, adding that “the channel was investigating the jamming order.

Press Freedom advocacy Association in Iraq condemns the illegal practices against the media of all kinds in order to restrict the freedom of journalistic work and is another violation of the constitution. The association calls on stakeholders to hold those behind the attacks on journalists and media accountable, and calls for activating the legislative frame for press functioning in the country.