{"id":6095,"date":"2022-06-02T17:06:32","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T14:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pfaa-iq.com\/?p=6095"},"modified":"2022-06-02T17:06:32","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T14:06:32","slug":"almuhayid-program-suspended-for-critical-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pfaa-iq.com\/?p=6095","title":{"rendered":"AlMuhayid Program Suspended for Critical Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"

2\/6\/2022<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Iraq’s <\/span><\/span>M<\/span><\/span>edia <\/span><\/span>N<\/span><\/span>etwork suspended the “<\/span><\/span> ALmuhayid<\/span><\/span>= The N<\/span><\/span>eutral” program on the back<\/span><\/span>ground<\/span><\/span> of <\/span><\/span>the <\/span><\/span>political objections <\/span><\/span>concerning<\/span><\/span> the opinion of one of the program’s guests <\/span><\/span>criticizing the<\/span><\/span> Supreme Judicial Council<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The network’s board of trustees issued its decision late Wednesday night and published it <\/span><\/span>on<\/span><\/span> the head of the authority, <\/span><\/span>Jaafar<\/span><\/span> Alwanan<\/span><\/span>\u2019s<\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span> agency. The action was taken<\/span><\/span> without any meeting or vot<\/span><\/span>ing<\/span><\/span> by the <\/span><\/span>other <\/span><\/span>members of the <\/span><\/span>board<\/span><\/span> to suspend the program and prevent <\/span><\/span>the <\/span><\/span>hosting the columnist <\/span><\/span>Sarmad<\/span><\/span> al-<\/span><\/span>Taie<\/span><\/span>once again<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The program<\/span><\/span> is<\/span><\/span> presented by Dr. <\/span><\/span>Saadoun<\/span><\/span> Mohsen <\/span><\/span>D<\/span><\/span>he<\/span><\/span>mad<\/span><\/span> who<\/span><\/span> had<\/span><\/span> hosted the journalist <\/span><\/span>Sarmad<\/span><\/span> al-<\/span><\/span>Taie<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span> Al-Tai <\/span><\/span>warned of new<\/span><\/span> emerging<\/span><\/span> dictatorships in the country, criticizing the arrest warrants issued by the Supreme Judicial Council<\/span><\/span>. T<\/span><\/span>he president of the Supreme Judicial Council<\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span> Faiq<\/span><\/span> Zidan<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>issued<\/span><\/span> a statement<\/span><\/span> accusing the presenter of the program <\/span><\/span>of offence<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Press Freedom<\/span><\/span> Advocacy Association<\/span><\/span> in Iraq is surprised by the statement issued by Mr. <\/span><\/span>Faiq<\/span><\/span> Z<\/span><\/span>e<\/span><\/span>idan<\/span><\/span>accusing the presenter of being<\/span><\/span> a destructive <\/span><\/span>extremist<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>along with a number of<\/span><\/span> prejudgments<\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/span>The<\/span><\/span>presenter is <\/span><\/span>known<\/span><\/span> for his profession<\/span><\/span>alism<\/span><\/span> and objectivity<\/span><\/span> that is respected by the press family <\/span><\/span>for more than a decade<\/span><\/span> now<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The association states that the media network funded by the people’s funds should represent all opinions, and host all people, whatever their opinion and convictions, because the Iraqi people have different directions and <\/span><\/span>tendencies<\/span><\/span>, and guests cannot be identified in one color, based on political <\/span><\/span>desires<\/span><\/span>. Another fact that should be taken in consideration,<\/span><\/span> no matter how controversial or opposing<\/span><\/span> the guest is,<\/span><\/span> the program will not bear any <\/span><\/span>of his\/her expressed opinions <\/span><\/span>on air, <\/span><\/span>and this by itself is a major principal of satellite media.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The association also condemns the decision of the Iraqi Media Network to suspend the <\/span><\/span>program only<\/span><\/span>for hosting<\/span><\/span> a journalist who <\/span><\/span>tossed<\/span><\/span> an opinion that is not in line with the convictions of the members of the board of trustees and the judiciary, and this measure is an indication of the narrowing <\/span><\/span>–<\/span><\/span> space of freedom of expression<\/span><\/span> and the press<\/span><\/span> that is spreading<\/span><\/span> in Iraq<\/span><\/span>. This being said, we <\/span><\/span>define <\/span><\/span>a<\/span><\/span> new setback in the history of the Iraqi media network, which is controlled by <\/span><\/span>the parties <\/span><\/span>in<\/span><\/span> power and whose conflicts are <\/span><\/span>affecting<\/span><\/span> the professional <\/span><\/span>of our <\/span><\/span>colleagues working <\/span><\/span>there<\/span><\/span> from time to time<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The association calls on <\/span><\/span>the<\/span><\/span> prime minister Mustafa al-<\/span><\/span>Kadhimi<\/span><\/span> to <\/span><\/span>address <\/span><\/span>his<\/span><\/span> responsibilities and fulfill his commitments made nearly two years ago to protect the freedom of press work at least among the walls of the Iraqi media network, which all the men of power, including Al-<\/span><\/span>Kadhimi<\/span><\/span>, consider to be his <\/span><\/span>window to the public.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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2\/6\/2022 Iraq’s Media Network suspended the “ ALmuhayid= The Neutral” program on the background of the political objections concerning the opinion of one of the program’s guests criticizing the Supreme Judicial Council. The network’s board of trustees issued its decision late Wednesday night and published it on the head of the authority, Jaafar Alwanan\u2019s, agency. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1314,"featured_media":6087,"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-6095","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\/8EEE5006-9BC5-4DAF-8EB6-D48F5DBB9A49.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pfaa-iq.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6095","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=6095"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pfaa-iq.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6096,"href":"https:\/\/pfaa-iq.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6095\/revisions\/6096"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pfaa-iq.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pfaa-iq.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pfaa-iq.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pfaa-iq.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}