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.

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I wanted to cover an issue, they sent me to court — 2021-09-10
I wanted to cover an issue, they sent me to court

Even Mukhtar spares no chance to beat journalists

Even Mukhtar spares no chance to beat journalists

Two Kurdish channels in Iraqi Kurdistan await court to take a just verdict in their lawsuits filed against Mukhtar, guide of a district, of an Erbil...

The path is not floral for women journalists

The path is not floral for women journalists

The barriers are many for journalists as the road toward success is not east since it requires self-confidence and determination in addition to passion for...

The lady presenter at a crossroad

The lady presenter at a crossroad

In a volatile and disputed territory, it is not easy to be a journalist so how if you are a woman and receive death threats saying even you body won’t be...

Why press law is not implemented?<br>Legal gaps push judges to penal code

Why press law is not implemented?
Legal gaps push judges to penal code

Once the judge ruled out that he is charged of libel and to be detained, Surkew Mohammed, editor-in-chief of peregraf.com, a news website founded in 2017,...

Law Number 21: Nightmare for freedom of press

Law Number 21: Nightmare for freedom of press

The Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government KRG has brought to trial over 50 civic activists, journalists, teachers and others per law number 21 in 2003, five...

This is an order: TV correspondent suffers at hands of Asayish

This is an order: TV correspondent suffers at hands of Asayish

"Sir, why do you behave like this? I am not a criminal; I am just a correspondent of NRT," Karzan Tariq, Sulaimaniyah corresponded for Nalia Radio and...

TV channel shut by security forces in Sulaymaniyah

TV channel shut by security forces in Sulaymaniyah

Security forces of Sulaymaniyah storm a TV channel, harass the staff, detain the director for an hour, break some of its equipment, send the staff out and...

Facebook post cost him six months-in-prison

Facebook post cost him six months-in-prison

“I wasn’t expecting that judgment, I do not deserve that punishment”, these were Nasih Abdul-Rahim’s words as he left the Halabja misdemeanors...

Out of prison for no more media coverage

Out of prison for no more media coverage

Following a short discussion with the newsroom of Rudaw TV, part of Rudaw Media Network, for preparing a report about the Popular Mobilization Forces PMF,...

Access to information law: ink on paper for 8 years

Access to information law: ink on paper for 8 years

Six years ago, Farman Sadiq, a freelance journalist, and a group of his colleagues has filed a complaint to the Independent Human Rights Commission of...

I Had to Leave My Job Under Threats and Pressure

I Had to Leave My Job Under Threats and Pressure

I have been working as a journalist for few years. Sexual harassment, accusations, defamation, prevention and minimization, you can find all these things in...

Detained for 99 days with no arrest warrant

Detained for 99 days with no arrest warrant

Journalists all over Kurdistan region are abused in all means; they are arrested, injured, and assassinated but my case is different. Because of my job as a...