2021-10-31 Women encounter tough challenges in male-dominant media 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 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 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 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... Officer went crazy when I told him as journalist, have right of media coverage “Following October 16th 2017 events, I was not so pleased as now to laugh heartly,” said the policeman who escorted us from the demonstrations to police... Influx of media outlets: Disorder or freedom of press? Media outlets in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region IKR are in the raise that each 5,000 residents of Kurdistan have a media outlet and one out of each 71 residents... Kurdish authorities accused of discrimination toward media Their doors are always open for some media outlets while for other journalists and outlets; they hardly get access to information and regularly face... I wanted to cover an issue, they sent me to court "How you managed to come here? Are you looking for problem? You don't know this area is prohibited? An officer of the Iraqi army in the checkpoint of Dubiz... 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 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 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?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,... ‹ 1 2 3 4 5 6 ›
