Forces in southern Iraq arrest reporter, photographer for Kurdistan Region media outlet
Iraqis demonstrate against the arrest of journalists and activists. (Photo: Archive)
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – A media rights organization in Iraq announced late Friday evening that a reporter and a cameraman for the Zagros media outlet had been arrested in the southern city of Nasiriya while covering protests against the previous detention of a local activist.
The Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq (PFAAI) quoted Falah al-Fadhli, news director of the Erbil-based television channel, as saying that correspondent Ali Saleh and his cameraman were arrested while covering protests that began in downtown Nasiriya's al-Habboubi Square which was followed by clampdowns by security forces.