Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the arbitrary detention of two European journalists who were researching a story on the Yazidi community in northern Iraq and ended up being held for a month without any official charge. The Iraqi authorities must stop criminalising journalism, RSF says.
Matej Kavčič, a reporter for the Slovenian independent radio station Radio Student who was arrested and imprisoned in Iraq a month ago, has been released from prison, Radio Student said on Friday. The Foreign Ministry confirmed the news. His German colleague Marlene Foerster, who was arrested together with him, has also been released.
Matej Kavčič, a reporter for the Slovenian independent radio station Radio Student who was arrested in Iraq two weeks ago together with a German journalist, is alive and well, a Slovenian Foreign Ministry official told TV Slovenija on Tuesday. The reason for their arrest is not known yet.
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Matej Kavčič, a reporter for the small independent radio station Radio Student, was arrested in Iraq on Sunday, most likely in Baghdad, the newspaper Večer reports on its website. According to the available information, he was arrested by the army, which disputes his status of reporter.