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.
December 31, 2020 at 10:50 am | Published in: Iraq, Middle East, News
Protesters wearing bandages crossing their mouths stand holding up signs showing the faces of two slain journalists captioned in Arabic martyrs of the word during an anti-government demonstration, also calling for freedom of the press, in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on 17 January 2020. [HUSSEIN FALEH/AFP via Getty Images] December 31, 2020 at 10:50 am
Some 305 violations against journalists and media organisations have been documented in 2020, the Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq said yesterday.
In a report published on its website, the association said the most serious violations were committed during the first three months of the year which coincided with protests in the centre and south of the country.