{"id":6050,"date":"2022-05-24T08:52:25","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T05:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pfaa-iq.com\/?p=6050"},"modified":"2022-05-25T08:53:36","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T05:53:36","slug":"al-baghdadia-presenter-detained-by-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pfaa-iq.com\/?p=6050","title":{"rendered":"Al-Baghdadia Presenter Detained by Intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"

24\/5\/2022<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A security force arrested al-<\/span><\/span>Baghdadi<\/span><\/span>a<\/span><\/span> TV presenter Ali al-<\/span><\/span>Tha<\/span><\/span>bh<\/span><\/span>awi<\/span><\/span> this morning<\/span><\/span> as he was led to<\/span><\/span> the intelligence headquarters to interrogate him<\/span><\/span> to be <\/span><\/span>released<\/span><\/span> after<\/span><\/span> four <\/span><\/span>hours<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Press Freedom<\/span><\/span> Advocacy Association<\/span><\/span> in Iraq has learned that al-<\/span><\/span>Thabhawi’s<\/span><\/span> release came after a <\/span><\/span>call<\/span><\/span>from<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> Prime Minister Mustafa al-<\/span><\/span>Kadhimi’s<\/span><\/span> office for the journalist’s immediate release<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A source inside al-<\/span><\/span>Baghdadi<\/span><\/span>a<\/span><\/span> tv<\/span><\/span> told the association that the force that arrested Al-<\/span><\/span>Thabh<\/span><\/span>awi<\/span><\/span> covered<\/span><\/span> his head (like terrorists) during his interrogation, and demanded that he reduce<\/span><\/span>s<\/span><\/span> his <\/span><\/span>critical tone against<\/span><\/span> the ruling <\/span><\/span>politicians and influential<\/span><\/span> actors in the country, adding that the force threatened<\/span><\/span> scale up its procedures <\/span><\/span>against <\/span><\/span>al<\/span><\/span>–<\/span><\/span>Baghdadia<\/span><\/span> channel <\/span><\/span>if it doesn\u2019t change its attitude towards political figures in the country.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Al-<\/span><\/span>Tha<\/span><\/span>bha<\/span><\/span>wi’s<\/span><\/span> arrest was the second of its kind after he was arrested in the middle of last year and released on financial bail after <\/span><\/span>similar intervention<\/span><\/span>;<\/span><\/span>after broadcasting an interview<\/span><\/span> dealing with political events on <\/span><\/span>his <\/span><\/span>9:00<\/span><\/span> o\u2019 clock Studio program<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Association expresses concern about the repeated series of arrests, detentions and use of <\/span><\/span>criminal<\/span><\/span> means<\/span><\/span> to undermine <\/span><\/span>media<\/span><\/span>, and that the arrest of Al-<\/span><\/span>Thabh<\/span><\/span>awi<\/span><\/span> is a clear violation of the freedom of press work<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The association also demands that the charges against the journalist and the reasons for the arrest be disclosed, <\/span><\/span>especially that they were <\/span><\/span>without charges or arrest warrants<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span><\/span>association<\/span><\/span> renews its call for the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces to end the <\/span><\/span>arrest<\/span><\/span>s<\/span><\/span> and detention <\/span><\/span>by<\/span><\/span> the forces acting under his command, with the aim of deterring journalists, discouraging them from fulfilling their duties before public opinion<\/span><\/span> and to adhere to<\/span><\/span> the Constitution and <\/span><\/span>the stipulations of the<\/span><\/span> international conventions<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

24\/5\/2022 A security force arrested al-Baghdadia TV presenter Ali al-Thabhawi this morning as he was led to the intelligence headquarters to interrogate him to be released after four hours. The Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq has learned that al-Thabhawi’s release came after a callfrom the Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s office for the journalist’s immediate […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1314,"featured_media":6039,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"jnews_post_split":[],"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","category-opinion-articles"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/pfaa-iq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/FD91C160-CEE8-49D2-8B12-3F4B52898E35.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pfaa-iq.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pfaa-iq.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pfaa-iq.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pfaa-iq.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1314"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pfaa-iq.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6050"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pfaa-iq.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6051,"href":"https:\/\/pfaa-iq.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6050\/revisions\/6051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pfaa-iq.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pfaa-iq.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pfaa-iq.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pfaa-iq.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}