This section shall document and raise the alarm regarding the violence against journalists and media workers in the Kurdistan Region and disputed territories of Iraq. in partnership with an international non-profit organization opened this platform on June 01, 2021 to help monitor growing press freedom violations and those against freedom of expression.

Media Monitoring

Journalists in disputed territories smashed between hammer and anvil — 2021-11-16
Journalists in disputed territories smashed between hammer and anvil

Amid conflict of PUK co-presidents, 100 journalists turned jobless

Amid conflict of PUK co-presidents, 100 journalists turned jobless

As the result of the conflict between the two co-presidents of the patriotic Union of Kurdistan PUK, one of the leading parties in Iraqi Kurdistan region...

Kurdistan Journalists’ Union deserts Kirkuk

Kurdistan Journalists’ Union deserts Kirkuk

The (Iraqi) Kurdistan Journalists' Syndicate closed Kirkuk office leaving behind 750 members without anyone to support them due to political conflicts...

Assaults against journalists dropped in October elections

Assaults against journalists dropped in October elections

Organizations and unions advocating for rights of journalists have recorded few instances of assaults against journalists in the general elections of...

All my photos, videos and rights gone

All my photos, videos and rights gone

The guards and managers of a petrol station in Kirkuk committed at least five ofences against me in 45 minutes: they stopped me from media coverage, took my...

Rights of journalists are missing

Rights of journalists are missing

"My camera is my weapon. I cannot give it to you,” this was enough for the security forces of Duhok Northern Province to arrest Karwan Sadiq, reporter of...

A wave of silencing: Journalists and activists taken to court

A wave of silencing: Journalists and activists taken to court

Civil activists and journalists in Khanaqin district of Diyala province east of Baghdad are subject to a campaign to "silencing" by filing lawsuits against...

Positive initiative: Director general of Education apologized to me

Positive initiative: Director general of Education apologized to me

In front of first-grade students, three security guards with pistols and Kalashnikov rifles kicked us out of the school gate as if we were criminals, after...

Women encounter tough challenges in male-dominant media

Women encounter tough challenges in male-dominant media

Women are minority in media outlets in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region IKR and the disputed territories yet the volatile situation following covid-19 pandemic...

Female journalists face sexual harassment in Iraqi Kurdistan

Female journalists face sexual harassment in Iraqi Kurdistan

Shirin Mohammed, 28, works in public relations of a media outlet and has to make tens of phone calls with contacts everyday which sometimes results in...

One year prison for two activists detained since 14 months

One year prison for two activists detained since 14 months

Before calling in Badal Barwari, a teacher from Duhok, and Omed Baroshki, a freelance journalist, the court room was full of Asayish (Kurdish security)...

Free, private media easy to suppress

Free, private media easy to suppress

After nine years, one of the key suspects of the assault against Asoss Hardi, a Sulaymaniyah-based journalist, was freed. This news was the headline of...

Facebook message pushed me away from Media

Facebook message pushed me away from Media

Working for the media in Iraqi Kurdistan Region IKR is full of challenges especially for women. For me it was twice tough as a beginner. My story tells how...