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

Two Follow-up Stories by (KirkukNow) Awarded in Journalism Competition — 2024-12-14
Two Follow-up Stories by (KirkukNow) Awarded in Journalism Competition

Security Forces Arrested him a Month ago for Criticizing Iraqi PM’s brother,<br>Relatives of Missing Analyst Detained in Erbil

Security Forces Arrested him a Month ago for Criticizing Iraqi PM’s brother,
Relatives of Missing Analyst Detained in Erbil

The fate of a researcher and political analyst has remained unknown for more than a month, after a complaint was filed by a brother of the Iraqi Prime...

"I will never Forgive Security Guard Tortured me,"<br> Avin Awaits Court Verdict

"I will never Forgive Security Guard Tortured me,"
Avin Awaits Court Verdict

Avin Ata, a reporter for Sulaimaniyah-based Zoom TV, is awaiting the outcome of her complaint against the security forces in Halabja whom detained and hurt...

Kurdistan Journalists Syndicate Lays off Members Joined Iraqi Syndicate

Kurdistan Journalists Syndicate Lays off Members Joined Iraqi Syndicate

The Erbil-based Iraqi Kurdistan Journalists Syndicate excluded at least 30 members from its ranks, most of them Kurdish journalists from Kirkuk Province,...

Duhok security allowed lawyers to meet and defend journalist Suleiman Ahmad following 210 days of detention

Duhok security allowed lawyers to meet and defend journalist Suleiman Ahmad following 210 days of detention

Finally, after 210 days of detention, the security forces of Duhok Northern Province allowed the team of lawyers to meet and defend journalist Sulaiman...

Why Sulaymaniyah Security Forces Arrested Journalist Shakar Star?

Why Sulaymaniyah Security Forces Arrested Journalist Shakar Star?

Officials at the Tiwar News where Star Star works deny that he produced the report on "dangerous border smugglers of gold, drugs, cash dollar and weapons"...

Two Journalists Released after one Hour of Interrogation

Two Journalists Released after one Hour of Interrogation

The Iraqi army has arrested a reporter and cameraman for a private channel in Kirkuk and released them after an hour of interrogation. Soran Mohammed, a...

Partisan press: The dominance of party-backed media in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region

Partisan press: The dominance of party-backed media in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region

Attend any press conference in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region and the microphone bank on the podium is a swirl of reds, blues, yellows, blacks, and oranges...

Dohuk Asayish Refuses to Disclose Case of Journalist Suleiman Ahmed <br>Lawyers Consider Federal Court

Dohuk Asayish Refuses to Disclose Case of Journalist Suleiman Ahmed
Lawyers Consider Federal Court

The Asayish Directorate in Dohuk Northern Province violates the constitution, the law, and the judge’s decision by not allowing detained journalist Suleiman...

Sexual Discrimination and salaries per mood of seniors, IKR female journalists in questionnaire

Sexual Discrimination and salaries per mood of seniors, IKR female journalists in questionnaire

One third of the female journalists of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region IKR believe there is sexual discrimination between male and female journalists in the...

68 violations against IKR journalist in 2023, Kurdistan Journalists Syndicate

68 violations against IKR journalist in 2023, Kurdistan Journalists Syndicate

The Iraqi Kurdistan Union of Journalists (KUJ) has reported 62 cases of violations against journalists in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region IKR, including 25 cases...

249 violations against IKR journalist in 2023, Metro Center

249 violations against IKR journalist in 2023, Metro Center

Almost 250 violations have been registered against journalists in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region IKR in the last year, according to the Metro Center for the...

Tax on criticism high in Iraqi Kurdistan Region

Tax on criticism high in Iraqi Kurdistan Region

Without a judicial warrant and without opening a “file” for the case, the Kurdish (Asayish) Security forces in Erbil, capital of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region...