{"id":4564,"date":"2020-10-07T20:09:54","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T17:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pfaa-iq.com\/?p=4564"},"modified":"2020-10-22T20:11:31","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T17:11:31","slug":"mcc-authority-prevents-many-media-from-covering-the-arbain-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pfaa-iq.com\/?p=4564","title":{"rendered":"MCC Authority prevents many media from covering the Arbain ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"s3\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">7\/10\/2020<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">The Media and Communications <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Commission<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> (<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">MCC<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">) has strongly banned many Iraqi satellite channels from covering the <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Arbain<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> visit ceremony in Karbala.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Press Freedom <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Advocacy Association in Iraq <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">learned from its representative in Karbala, and a number of fellow journalists, that the <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">commission<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> banned all satellite channels that did not renew <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">their<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> license<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">s<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">, and pursued the <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">vehicles<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> of live broadcasting (SNG), and suspended it because of the failure to renew the broadcasting licenses, and pay the fees of the frequencies granted to it by the <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">commission<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Colleagues report that some satellite channels have not been alerted and <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">were <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">surprised by <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">this action<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">affirms the <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">commissions&#8217;<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> right to meet the fees of the spectrum, calling on the commission to inform the satellite channels about the type of procedures followed, in addition <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">not to exercise<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> the political mood in prosecuting those who have refrained from paying dues.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s7\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">The association also calls on the security services in Karbala to allow journalists to convey the <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">reality of events<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">, away from the administrative procedure adopted by the commission.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>7\/10\/2020 The Media and Communications Commission (MCC) has strongly banned many Iraqi satellite channels from covering the Arbain visit ceremony in Karbala. 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