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Freedom of the Press 2017: Iraq
The Communications and Media Commission (CMC) withdrew the television broadcast licenses of Al-Baghdadiya in March and Qatar’s Al-Jazeera in April for what critics said were political reasons.
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Risking Their Lives: Ongoing Attacks Against Journalists in Bahrain, Iraq, Syria and Yemen
Through this report the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) aims to highlight cases of ongoing killings, attacks and threats against journalists and other media workers in four countries, Bahrain, Iraq, Syria and Yemen, and makes recommendations to enhance their protection using international mechanisms including the United Nations system.
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Freedom of the Press 2016: Iraq
Iraq had one of the highest murder rates for journalists in the world. Among those killed were Thaer al-Ali, editor in chief of the Mosul newspaper Rai al-Nas, and Jalaa al-Abadi, a cameraman for the Nineveh Reports’ Network.
6 May 2008
WOMAN JOURNALIST KILLED IN BOTCHED ABDUCTION ATTEMPT
Gunmen ambushed and shot dead an Iraqi reporter in a botched kidnapping attempt on 4 May in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, report Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and local sources.
Serwa Abdul-Wahab, a freelancer who contributed to the news website Muraslon.com, was allegedly walking home from a nearby market when two unidentified gunmen pulled up in a car and tried to force her into their vehicle, says CPJ. According to RSF, her mother witnessed her being shot in the head as she resisted.
A colleague told Reuters that Abdul-Wahab had received a text message on her phone three weeks earlier warning her to stop reporting or she would be killed.
Journalists have frequently been targeted for professional reasons and not killed in combat, says CPJ, and Abdul-Wahab was a known defender of journalists' rights in Iraq.
Iraq remains the deadliest country for journalists. CPJ says more than 175 journalists and media support workers have been killed in Iraq since the start of the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003. According to RSF, 212 journalists and media assistants have been killed.
CPJ ranked Iraq the worst at solving murders of journalists in its just launched "Impunity Index", with 79 unsolved since March 2003.
Visit these links:
- CPJ: http://tinyurl.com/4wkmoa
- RSF: http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=26857- Associated Press via "International Herald Tribune": http://tinyurl.com/4m6xnp- Reuters: http://tinyurl.com/5yy6ap(6 May 2008)
PEN AMERICAN CENTER HONOURS U.S. NURSE, CHINESE DISSIDENT
6 May 2008
JAILED AZERBAIJANI JOURNALISTS WIN HELLMAN/HAMMETT GRANTS
6 May 2008
FAMOUS BLOGGER RELEASED
6 May 2008
AL JAZEERA CAMERAMAN FREED FROM GUANTANAMO
6 May 2008
MUSICIANS AT RISK FOR SPEAKING OUT
6 May 2008
ARTICLE 301 AMENDMENTS "DON'T GO FAR ENOUGH"
6 May 2008
UPCOMING REFERENDUM A "SHAM", SAY FREE EXPRESSION GROUPS
6 May 2008
CHINA BARS ATTENDEES FROM FREE EXPRESSION CONFERENCE
6 May 2008
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