Iraqi journalist sent to jail for critical reporting in Iraqi Kurdistan
Report, Committee to Protect Journalists (Nov 10, 2008)
The Iraqi Kurdistan court of appeals should act immediately to overturn
a judge's ruling on Tuesday to impose a one-month prison term against a
journalist who published critical reports about the Sulaymania
courthouse. The journalist's lawyer said newly adopted legislation does
not appear to allow such a prison sentence.
Iraqi Interior Ministry initiative to protect journalists
Report, Reporters Without Borders (Oct 23, 2008)
Reporters Without Borders hails the Iraqi Interior Ministry's creation
of a hotline for journalists in danger just a few weeks after it set up
a special police unit to investigate murders of journalists. Created
jointly with the Journalistic Freedoms Observatory in Iraq, a
Reporters Without Borders partner organization, the hotline may have
already saved lives. Two journalists in the southern city of Basra
eluded threats by calling the number and getting the security forces to
intervene.
New Wave of Violence Against Iraqi Journalists
Shawkat Al-Bayati, Electronic Iraq (Oct 18, 2008)
Iraqi journalists have faced a fresh bout of violence in recent weeks,
which is seen by some observers as a renewed attempt to undermine free
media in the country. Since last month, at least five media workers have been killed and several others injured. Earlier this week, Dyar Abas Ahmed, a Kurdish journalist, was gunned
down in the northern city of Kirkuk, according to the New-York-based
Committee to Protect Journalists.
A young Iraqi reporter was shot dead in Kirkuk, reports the Committee to Protect Journalists. Dyar Abas Ahmed, a correspondent with the independent online news site
Eye Iraq, was walking in a street in the center of Kirkuk with a friend
on October 10 when he was shot six times in the head and chest by
unidentified gunmen, CPJ reports. He was declared dead at the scene.
An Iraqi journalist defies death, finds hope in U.S.
Report, Committee to Protect Journalists (Oct 8, 2008)
Iraqi cameraman Jehad Ali survived a
2005 assassination attempt, but his right leg was shattered and his
career threatened. Since then, colleagues have raised money for medical
care, surgeons in California have offered to reconstruct the limb, and,
now, Ali has cleared another big hurdle: He's gained permission to
enter the United States.
New journalists' union leader targeted in Baghdad bomb attack
Statement, International Federation of Journalists (Sep 23, 2008)
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today vigorously
condemned a targeted bomb attack on the President of the Iraqi Union of
Journalists (IUJ) in Baghdad only seven months after his predecessor
was shot dead by extremists. The IFJ is demanding increased security
for the union and personal protection for its leaders.
Four from al-Sharqiya TV killed in Mosul; arrests made
Report, Committee to Protect Journalists (Sep 17, 2008)
The Committee to Protect Journalists
welcomes the arrest of suspects in the killing of three journalists and
a media worker in Mosul on Saturday. CNN reported that two suspects have been arrested in Mosul,
according to Gen. Jalal Tawfeeq, military operations commander of
Nineveh province, who spoke to al-Sharqiya. According to Reuters,
Brig.-Gen. Khalid Abdul Sattar, the spokesman for Iraqi military
operations in Mosul and Nineveh province, said police had arrested five
suspects.
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