Sherwan Sherwani, a Kurdish journalist currently imprisoned, has created a caricature of KRG PM Masrour Barzani, shedding light on the failures of his cabinet. This act may lead to additional charges against him.
In-depth: With politically motivated charges and show trials, the Kurdistan Regional Government has intensified its crackdown on activists and journalists to silence dissent, as new restrictions come into play.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is alarmed by a surge in press freedom violations in Iraqi Kurdistan, an autonomous region in northern Iraq where several journalists have just been arrested arbitrarily and freelance journalist Sherwan Sherwani’s jail term has just been extended.