THE Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Iraqi authorities to investigate the shooting of journalist Ahmed Hassan just a day after the murder of a prominent anti-government campaigner sparked protests.
Mr Hassan was shot twice in the head in front of his home in the southern Iraqi city of al-Diwaniyah on Monday. He remains in critical condition in intensive care following brain surgery.
CPJ Middle East and North Africa representative Ignacio Miguel Delgado said the attack was “a sad reminder of the risks that Iraqi journalists continue to face.”
It came as protests engulfed the city of Karbala following Sunday’s murder of Ihab al-Wazni, a leading figure in anti-corruption protests that took place in 2019 and a critic of Iranian influence in Iraq.
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US journalist Bilal Abdul Kareem banned from reporting by Syrian militants
Idlib-based reporter cannot appear on social media for six months following release by HTS, according to his own news network
Bilal Abdul Kareem stands in front of a mural in Idlib showing George Floyd, an American man killed by police, in 2020 (Twitter) By Published date: 25 February 2021 13:21 UTC | Last update: 1 month ago
An American journalist based in Syria s opposition-held Idlib province has been banned by militant group Hay at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) from appearing on social media and reporting from within the country, according to his own news organisation.
In a statement on Wednesday, On the Ground News said Bilal Abdul Kareem had been banned from social media for six months as a condition for his release from detention by HTS earlier this month.
Baghdad, Iraq – Iraqi Kurdish journalists Sherwan Sherwani and Guhdar Zebari were sentenced to six years in jail in a move that has been labelled “unfair and disproportionate” by press freedom group the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
The men were arrested in the Kurdish region of Iraq in October last year following their coverage of anti-government protests in Duhok, a province controlled by the ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party.
On Tuesday, they were found guilty by an Erbil criminal court of jeopardising Kurdish national security, citing social media exchanges in which the journalists critiqued the government. The evidence, Sherwani’s lawyer told CPJ, was “insufficient and baseless”.
Baghdad [Iraq], February 20 (ANI): The sentencing of Iraqi Kurdish journalists Sherwan Sherwani and Guhdar Zebari to six years in jail "for jeopardising Kurdish national security" is "unfair and disproportionate", according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).