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The Iraqi government has hurled the country to the brink of a new civil war. In under a month, Baghdad launched a vicious assault on a Sunni protest camp, resulting in 44 deaths; executed 21 alleged Sunni terrorists in one day, and suspended the licenses of 10 satellite channels, 9 of them deemed pro-Sunni.
Iraq Highlights
Attacks
A preliminary parliamentary committee report based in part on witness interviews claims top Iraqi officials ordered a raid on a demonstrators' camp in Haweeja on 23 April 2013 indicating that security forces killed 44 civilians.
Free Expression & the Law
Iraqi authorities suspended the operating licences of pan-Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera and nine other TV channels after accusing them of escalating sectarian tension.
AttacksOn 14 May, a group of armed men raided the home of a journalist and briefly abducted his brother. The brother said the guards took him to the house of a prominent Sunni sheikh, Majid Ali Suleiman, where they demanded he stop writing about corruption.
International Federation of Journalists
Human Rights Watch
Attacks Freedom of Assembly
24 April 2013
Reporters Without Borders
International Press Institute
International Federation of Journalists, Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance
Arabic Network for Human Rights Information
Committee to Protect Journalists
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch
Committee to Protect Journalists
Human Rights Watch
Committee to Protect Journalists
Human Rights Watch
Arabic Network for Human Rights Information
Attacks Free Expression & the Law
10 January 2013
Committee to Protect Journalists
Censorship Free Expression & the Law
18 December 2012
Arabic Network for Human Rights Information
Attacks Free Expression & the Law
11 December 2012
Arabic Network for Human Rights Information
Attacks Censorship
29 November 2012
Reporters Without Borders
Attacks Free Expression & the Law
26 November 2012
Arabic Network for Human Rights Information
Attacks Freedom of Assembly Free Expression & the Law
23 October 2012
International Federation of Journalists
Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Borders
Committee to Protect Journalists
Reporters Without Borders
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