Iraq

(WiPC/IFEX) – WiPC is seriously concerned that detained writer Kamal Sayid Qadir has been transferred to a prison hospital. Dr. Qadir, an Iraqi Kurd with Austrian citizenship, was arrested in Iraqi Kurdistan on 26 October 2005 and sentenced on 19 December to thirty years in prison for articles critical of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) […]

(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has called on the US government to free two journalists it said were being unjustly held at a US prison in Iraq, and at the US military base in Guantanamo, Cuba. RSF said in a report that they and other journalists arrested in Iraq by the US, mainly on suspicion […]

(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – The following is an ARTICLE 19 press release: Review of Iraq’s Constitution should strengthen freedom of expression protection One of the first orders of business of Iraq’s newly elected parliament is to review the new Constitution. As part of a deal to gain all-party support, the Constitution adopted in October 2005 includes […]

(RSF/IFEX) – Austrian national Kamal Sayid Qadir, jailed for 30 years in early January 2006 for posting “defamatory” articles online, is still behind bars despite an announcement more than a week ago by representatives of the autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan government that his release was imminent. Reporters Without Borders called on the Austrian authorities to maintain […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: Two Journalists Reportedly Kidnapped in Baghdad New York, February 1, 2006-The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by a report that two Iraqi broadcast journalists were abducted in western Baghdad today. Journalists Marwan Ghazal and Reem Zaeed, from the privately owned television station Samaria TV, were […]

(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders is very worried about kidnapped US journalist Jill Carroll after the pan-Arab satellite TV station Al Jazeera, on 30 January 2006, broadcast a second videotape of her appealing for help. “Even if the videotape is extremely disturbing to watch, it is an encouraging sign because it proves that Carroll is […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 30 January 2006 CPJ press release: Journalists wounded in Iraq blast flown to Germany New York, January 30, 2006 – A U.S. news anchor and a cameraman wounded by a roadside bomb in Iraq were flown to Germany today where doctors described their injuries as very serious. ABC World […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is a 27 January 2006 IFJ media release: New Iraqi Killing Sparks Fresh Questions Over US Actions The International Federation of Journalists today called on the United States military to immediately investigate the killing of an Iraqi television correspondent during clashes between U.S. forces and Sunni rebels in Ramadi. On 24 […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 25 January CPJ press release: Iraqi TV journalist killed in Ramadi clashes between U.S. forces and insurgents New York, January 25, 2006 – The Committee to Protect Journalists called on the United States military today to investigate the killing of an Iraqi television correspondent during clashes between U.S. forces […]

(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders voiced relief at the release on 21 January 2006 of Samer Mohammed Noor, a cameraman working for British news agency Reuters, who had been held by the US Army in Iraq since 5 June 2005. Noor was arrested at his home in the Tall Afar district in northern Baghdad during […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 19 January 2006 CPJ press release: CPJ welcomes calls by leading Muslims for Carroll’s release New York, January 19, 2006 – The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes calls by prominent Muslims around the world for the release of U.S. reporter Jill Carroll, who faces death at the hands of […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 17 January 2006 press release: CPJ issues appeal as kidnappers in Iraq threaten reporter New York, January 17, 2006 – The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply alarmed by a report today that kidnappers in Iraq have threatened to kill U.S. reporter Jill Carroll if the United States does […]

(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has voiced relief at the release of Majeed Hameed, a correspondent for the pan-Arab TV station Al-Arabiya, and Reuters cameraman Ali Omar Al Mashadani, who had been held by the US military for several months in the Camp Bucca detention centre. “We call on the US army to show more […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is an 11 January 2006 CPJ press release: IRAQ: CPJ protests 30-year jail term for Kurdish writer on defamation conviction New York, January 11, 2006 – The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on the authorities in Iraq’s northern Kurdistan region to overturn the conviction and 30-year prison sentence handed down […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ media release: IFJ Calls on United States to Explain Army Raid on Home of Investigative Journalist in Iraq The International Federation of Journalists called today on the United States army in Iraq to explain why the home of an award-winning Iraqi journalist investigating a high-level corruption scandal was […]

(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has reiterated its call for the release of Kamal Sayid Qadir after the Kurdish regional government in northern Iraq said his 30-year prison sentence was imposed in accordance with a law punishing “defamation of public institutions.” In a statement released on 9 January 2006, the Kurdish authorities said the law, […]