Metro Center: 193 violations against Kurdish journalists in 2013
Hawar Abdulrazaq, BasNews (Sulaimaniyah): Jan 15, 2014 The Kurdish Journalist Rights Organization (Metro Center) has released its annual report for 2013 on violations against journalists in the Kurdistan region over the last 12 months. Metro reported that during the past year there have 193 registered cases of violations against 167 journalists across the Kurdistan region. […]
Another Year Fighting Against Ilisu Dam:
A Year Review of the Save the Tigris Campaign Johanna Rivera 16 0f January 2014 For the last year, the Save the Tigris Campaign has been actively working to raise awareness about the negative impacts of Ilisu dam, one of 22 dams built in Turkey on the Tigris River. The campaign gathers organizations form Turkey, Iraq […]
During 2013 members of the press who were killed or injured in Iraq climbed to alarming numbers, while freedom of the press was smashed between the hammer of armed militias and the anvil of the government. The Press Freedom Advocacy Association released its annual report for 2013, highlighting the serious deterioration in the working conditions […]
Resolution of Anbar crisis requires security, political coordination
Author Mushreq AbbasPosted January 3, 2014 Translator(s)Kamal Fayad Al-Monitor When the Iraqi army marched on the Anbar desert on Dec. 22 to wage war against al-Qaeda fighters along the Iraqi-Syrian border, the operation was viewed as an opportunity to restore the hope of achieving internal consensus around the necessity to fight extremism. Instead, however, it […]
Investigate Violence at Protest Camp
Human Rights Watch , JANUARY 4, 2014 Fighting Erupts in Anbar Province After Security Forces, Protesters Clash “The facts of the Ramadi incident are unclear, but government statements before the clashes and the deployment of the army seemed intended more to provoke violence than prevent it. Seventeen people died at Ramadi and the Iraqi authorities need […]
Rape and torture prevalent in iraqi prison system
niqash | Ahmed Muayed | Baghdad | 19.12.2013 The practice of torture to exact confessions from prisoners remains widespread in Iraq’s justice system. And investigators have apparently been able to practice it with impunity. But now even MPs from the ruling coalition are saying something needs to be done about it. The 34-year-old began to […]
Nineveh’s lawyers boycotting the court of investigating terrorism
Shafaq News / the Bar branch of Nineveh revealed on Sunday that the lawyers of the province of Nineveh break away the court of inquiry specialized in considering the issues of terrorism. The court was recently formed of judges and investigators from Baghdad and other provinces after the dissolution of the body that was consisting of […]
14 Dec. 2013 The Press Freedom Advocacy Association participated in the conference of the Middle East and North Africa region and the Group of Eight (Bmena), which was held in the capital of Jordan, Amman last week. During the past few days, the conference has discussed many themes related to the freedom of expression, such […]
December 6, 2013 Source: KT News South Kurdistan journalist Kawa Garmyani was shot dead outside his house in Kalar last night. Three days ago Kawa had announced on his Facebook page that he had documents relating to a corruption case that he was planning to write about in ‘Rayal’ magazine. Kawa was the editor of ‘Rayal’ […]
Journalists in Mosul – Killings, threats and disability of official organs
Iraq – 7/12/2013 The latest events connected with journalistic work in Ninewa province for the last three months of this year proved that it is the most dangerous town on the lives of journalists and the greatest challenge among Iraqi provinces. The office of the Iraqi Journalists’ Rights Association Defence pointed out the violent actions […]