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menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98975"><a href="https://cpj.org/americas/venezuela/" id="menu-link-309">Venezuela</a></li> <li class="menu-parent-link menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98976"><a href="https://cpj.org/americas/" id="menu-link-310">All Americas</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-98977"><a id="menu-link-311" class=" menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">Asia</a> <ul class="sub-menu"> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98978"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/afghanistan/" id="menu-link-312">Afghanistan</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98979"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/australia/" id="menu-link-313">Australia</a></li> <li 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id="menu-link-337">Solomon Islands</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99004"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/south-korea/" id="menu-link-338">South Korea</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99005"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/sri-lanka/" id="menu-link-339">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99006"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/taiwan/" id="menu-link-340">Taiwan</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99007"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/thailand/" id="menu-link-341">Thailand</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99008"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/tonga/" id="menu-link-342">Tonga</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99009"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/vietnam/" id="menu-link-343">Vietnam</a></li> <li class="menu-parent-link menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99010"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/" id="menu-link-344">All Asia</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-99011"><a id="menu-link-345" class=" menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">Europe & Central Asia</a> <ul class="sub-menu"> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99012"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/albania/" id="menu-link-346">Albania</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99013"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/armenia/" id="menu-link-347">Armenia</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99014"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/austria/" id="menu-link-348">Austria</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99015"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/azerbaijan/" id="menu-link-349">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99016"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/belarus/" id="menu-link-350">Belarus</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99017"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/belgium/" id="menu-link-351">Belgium</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99018"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/bosnia/" id="menu-link-352">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99019"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/bulgaria/" id="menu-link-353">Bulgaria</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99020"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/chechnya/" id="menu-link-354">Chechnya</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99021"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/croatia/" id="menu-link-355">Croatia</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99022"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/cyprus/" id="menu-link-356">Cyprus</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99023"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/czech-republic/" id="menu-link-357">Czech Republic</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99024"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/denmark/" id="menu-link-358">Denmark</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99025"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/finland/" id="menu-link-359">Finland</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy 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menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99038"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/luxembourg/" id="menu-link-372">Luxembourg</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99039"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/macedonia/" id="menu-link-373">Macedonia</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99040"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/malta/" id="menu-link-374">Malta</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99041"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/moldova/" id="menu-link-375">Moldova</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99042"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/montenegro/" id="menu-link-376">Montenegro</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99043"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/netherlands/" id="menu-link-377">Netherlands</a></li> <li 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id="menu-link-383">Russia</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99050"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/serbia/" id="menu-link-384">Serbia</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99051"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/slovakia/" id="menu-link-385">Slovakia</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99052"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/slovenia/" id="menu-link-386">Slovenia</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99053"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/south-ossetia/" id="menu-link-387">South Ossetia</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99054"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/spain/" id="menu-link-388">Spain</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99055"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/sweden/" id="menu-link-389">Sweden</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99056"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/switzerland/" id="menu-link-390">Switzerland</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99057"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/tajikistan/" id="menu-link-391">Tajikistan</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99058"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/turkey/" id="menu-link-392">Turkey</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99059"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/turkmenistan/" id="menu-link-393">Turkmenistan</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99060"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/uk/" id="menu-link-394">UK</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location 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href="https://cpj.org/2025/03/media21-outlet-shuttered-4-journalists-arrested-in-iraq/" title="Media21 outlet shuttered, 4 journalists arrested in Iraq"><img width="750" height="480" src="https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/AFP__20241018__36KD4LB__v1__HighRes__IraqKurdsVote.jpg?w=750&h=480&crop=1" class="attachment-cpj-large-cropped size-cpj-large-cropped wp-post-image" alt="This overview shows the sun setting before Iraq's northeastern city of Sulaymaniyah in the autonomous Kurdistan region on October 18, 2024. (Photo: AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" /></a> </figure> <div class="cpj--module--content"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2025/03/media21-outlet-shuttered-4-journalists-arrested-in-iraq/" class="cpj--module--link" title="Media21 outlet shuttered, 4 journalists arrested in Iraq"></a> <h3>Media21 outlet shuttered, 4 journalists arrested in Iraq</h3> <p class="cpj--module--content--timestamp"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-03T17:01:16-05:00">March 3, 2025 5:01 PM EST</time></p> <div class="article--preview"><p>Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, March 3, 2025—Kurdistan security forces arrested four journalists from the new digital outlet Media21 on February 28 in the eastern Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah, confiscating their phones and taking them from their homes. The journalists were identified as Bashdar Bazyani, Dana Salih, Sardasht HamaSalih, and Nabaz Shekhani. Security forces closed the outlet’s office…</p> </div> <p><a href="https://cpj.org/2025/03/media21-outlet-shuttered-4-journalists-arrested-in-iraq/">Read More &rsaquo;</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div id="453162" class="cpj--module cpj--module--article-preview full"> <div class="cpj--module--header"> <a href="https://cpj.org/cpj-reports/" id="cpj--module--category--entryid453162" class="btn btn-primary cpj--module--category btn-lg">CPJ Reports</a> </div> <figure class="cpj--module--media"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2025/02/dozens-of-iraqi-kurdistan-journalists-teargassed-arrested-raided-over-protest/" title="Dozens of Iraqi Kurdistan journalists teargassed, arrested, raided over protest"><img width="750" height="480" src="https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IMG_3010.jpeg?w=750&h=480&crop=1" class="attachment-cpj-large-cropped size-cpj-large-cropped wp-post-image" alt="Slemani News Network camera operator Sivar Baban struggles to breathe after being teargassed during a Kurdistan teachers’ protest on February 9." decoding="async" /></a> </figure> <div class="cpj--module--content"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2025/02/dozens-of-iraqi-kurdistan-journalists-teargassed-arrested-raided-over-protest/" class="cpj--module--link" title="Dozens of Iraqi Kurdistan journalists teargassed, arrested, raided over protest"></a> <h3>Dozens of Iraqi Kurdistan journalists teargassed, arrested, raided over protest</h3> <p class="cpj--module--content--timestamp"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-02-13T10:38:29-05:00">February 13, 2025 10:38 AM EST</time></p> <div class="article--preview"><p>Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, February 13, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by Kurdistan security forces’ assault on 12 news crews covering a February 9 protest by teachers and other public employees over unpaid salaries, which resulted in at least 22 journalists teargassed, two arrested, and a television station raided. “The aggressive treatment meted out to…</p> </div> <p><a href="https://cpj.org/2025/02/dozens-of-iraqi-kurdistan-journalists-teargassed-arrested-raided-over-protest/">Read More &rsaquo;</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div id="449887" class="cpj--module cpj--module--article-preview full"> <div class="cpj--module--header"> <a href="https://cpj.org/news/" id="cpj--module--category--entryid449887" class="btn btn-primary cpj--module--category btn-lg">Alerts</a> </div> <figure class="cpj--module--media"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2025/01/iraqi-kurdish-journalist-omed-baroshky-sentenced-to-6-months-in-prison/" title="Iraqi Kurdish journalist Omed Baroshky sentenced to 6 months in prison"><img width="750" height="480" src="https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Omed-Baroshky-013025.jpg?w=750&h=480&crop=1" class="attachment-cpj-large-cropped size-cpj-large-cropped wp-post-image" alt="Omed Baroshky" decoding="async" /></a> </figure> <div class="cpj--module--content"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2025/01/iraqi-kurdish-journalist-omed-baroshky-sentenced-to-6-months-in-prison/" class="cpj--module--link" title="Iraqi Kurdish journalist Omed Baroshky sentenced to 6 months in prison"></a> <h3>Iraqi Kurdish journalist Omed Baroshky sentenced to 6 months in prison</h3> <p class="cpj--module--content--timestamp"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-01-31T07:13:04-05:00">January 31, 2025 7:13 AM EST</time></p> <div class="article--preview"><p>Sulaymaniyah, January 31, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists urges Iraqi Kurdish authorities to release journalist Omed Baroshky after the Duhok criminal court on Thursday sentenced him to six months in prison on charges of defamation. Baroshky’s lawyer, Reving Yaseen, told CPJ via messaging app that the charges stem from a January 23, 2024 Facebook post…</p> </div> <p><a href="https://cpj.org/2025/01/iraqi-kurdish-journalist-omed-baroshky-sentenced-to-6-months-in-prison/">Read More &rsaquo;</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div id="434182" class="cpj--module cpj--module--article-preview full"> <div class="cpj--module--header"> <a href="https://cpj.org/news/" id="cpj--module--category--entryid434182" class="btn btn-primary cpj--module--category btn-lg">Alerts</a> </div> <figure class="cpj--module--media"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2024/11/journalist-stabbed-in-iraqi-kurdistan-after-reporting-on-corruption/" title="Journalist stabbed in Iraqi Kurdistan after reporting on corruption"><img width="750" height="480" src="https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Wrya-and-car.jpg?w=750&h=480&crop=1" class="attachment-cpj-large-cropped size-cpj-large-cropped wp-post-image" alt="Journalist Wrya Abdulkhaliq of Iraqi Kurdistan's Bwar News (left) was stabbed in the abdomen and his car tires were punctured to prevent him escaping." decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </figure> <div class="cpj--module--content"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2024/11/journalist-stabbed-in-iraqi-kurdistan-after-reporting-on-corruption/" class="cpj--module--link" title="Journalist stabbed in Iraqi Kurdistan after reporting on corruption"></a> <h3>Journalist stabbed in Iraqi Kurdistan after reporting on corruption</h3> <p class="cpj--module--content--timestamp"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-08T09:44:04-05:00">November 8, 2024 9:44 AM EST</time></p> <div class="article--preview"><p>Sulaymaniyah, November 8, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for full accountability in the attack on journalist Wrya Abdulkhaliq, who received 21 stitches after two men stabbed his stomach and hit him in the head with the butt of a gun, in his home near Iraqi Kurdistan’s Sulaymaniyah city. “We are appalled by the brutal…</p> </div> <p><a href="https://cpj.org/2024/11/journalist-stabbed-in-iraqi-kurdistan-after-reporting-on-corruption/">Read More &rsaquo;</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div id="413134" class="cpj--module cpj--module--article-preview full"> <div class="cpj--module--header"> <a href="https://cpj.org/features-and-analysis/" id="cpj--module--category--entryid413134" class="btn btn-primary cpj--module--category btn-lg">Features & Analysis</a> </div> <figure class="cpj--module--media"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2024/08/cpj-submits-report-on-iraq-to-uns-human-rights-review/" title="CPJ submits report on Iraq to UN’s human rights review"><img width="750" height="480" src="https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/AFP__20240824__36EQ7AP__v1__HighRes__IraqKurdsTurkeyConflictProtest.jpg?w=750&h=480&crop=1" class="attachment-cpj-large-cropped size-cpj-large-cropped wp-post-image" alt="Protesters lift portraits of slain journalists Hero Bahadin (left) and Gulistan Tara in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi Kurdistan, on August 24, 2024." decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </figure> <div class="cpj--module--content"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2024/08/cpj-submits-report-on-iraq-to-uns-human-rights-review/" class="cpj--module--link" title="CPJ submits report on Iraq to UN’s human rights review"></a> <h3>CPJ submits report on Iraq to UN’s human rights review</h3> <p class="cpj--module--content--timestamp"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-08-29T06:19:09-04:00">August 29, 2024 6:19 AM EDT</time></p> <div class="article--preview"><p>The Committee to Protect Journalists has submitted a report on the state of press freedom and journalist safety in Iraq and semi-autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan to the United Nations Human Rights Council ahead of its January to February 2025 Universal Periodic Review (UPR) session. The U.N. mechanism is a peer review of each member state’s human…</p> </div> <p><a href="https://cpj.org/2024/08/cpj-submits-report-on-iraq-to-uns-human-rights-review/">Read More &rsaquo;</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div id="412036" class="cpj--module cpj--module--article-preview full"> <div class="cpj--module--header"> <a href="https://cpj.org/news/" id="cpj--module--category--entryid412036" class="btn btn-primary cpj--module--category btn-lg">Alerts</a> </div> <figure class="cpj--module--media"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2024/08/2-journalists-killed-1-injured-in-drone-strike-in-iraqi-kurdistan/" title="2 journalists killed, 1 injured in drone strike in Iraqi Kurdistan"><img width="750" height="480" src="https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/turkish-strike.png?w=750&h=480&crop=1" class="attachment-cpj-large-cropped size-cpj-large-cropped wp-post-image" alt="A strike hit the car of three Chatr Multimedia Production Company journalists, killing video editor Hero Bahadin (left) and Turkish reporter Gulistan Tara (center) in Sulaymaniyah province, Iraq, on August 23, 2024. Rebin Bakir (right), a video editor and social media officer, was seriously injured. (Photos: Chatr Multimedia Production Company)" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </figure> <div class="cpj--module--content"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2024/08/2-journalists-killed-1-injured-in-drone-strike-in-iraqi-kurdistan/" class="cpj--module--link" title="2 journalists killed, 1 injured in drone strike in Iraqi Kurdistan"></a> <h3>2 journalists killed, 1 injured in drone strike in Iraqi Kurdistan</h3> <p class="cpj--module--content--timestamp"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-08-23T14:27:56-04:00">August 23, 2024 2:27 PM EDT</time></p> <div class="article--preview"><p>Sulaymaniyah, August 23, 2024—A suspected Turkish drone strike killed two journalists and injured another in the Said Sadiq district of Sulaymaniyah province on Friday.  “We are deeply saddened by the tragic August 23 drone strike that killed two journalists and injured a third in Iraqi Kurdistan,” said Yeganeh Rezaian, CPJ’s interim MENA program coordinator, in Washington, D.C. “Turkish authorities should swiftly…</p> </div> <p><a href="https://cpj.org/2024/08/2-journalists-killed-1-injured-in-drone-strike-in-iraqi-kurdistan/">Read More &rsaquo;</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div id="410932" class="cpj--module cpj--module--article-preview full"> <div class="cpj--module--header"> <a href="https://cpj.org/news/" id="cpj--module--category--entryid410932" class="btn btn-primary cpj--module--category btn-lg">Alerts</a> </div> <figure class="cpj--module--media"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2024/08/iraqi-security-forces-assault-2-news-crews-covering-protests/" title="Iraqi security forces assault 2 news crews covering protests"><img width="750" height="480" src="https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/iraq.png?w=750&h=480&crop=1" class="attachment-cpj-large-cropped size-cpj-large-cropped wp-post-image" alt="Amir Al-Khafaji and Avin Atta" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </figure> <div class="cpj--module--content"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2024/08/iraqi-security-forces-assault-2-news-crews-covering-protests/" class="cpj--module--link" title="Iraqi security forces assault 2 news crews covering protests"></a> <h3>Iraqi security forces assault 2 news crews covering protests</h3> <p class="cpj--module--content--timestamp"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-08-20T13:51:48-04:00">August 20, 2024 1:51 PM EDT</time></p> <div class="article--preview"><p>Sulaymaniyah, August 20, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Iraqi security forces to explain the assault of two TV crews while they were covering protests in separate parts of the country. “CPJ is deeply concerned by the attacks on the Zoom News TV crew in Sulaymaniyah and the Alsumaria TV crew in Baghdad,” said…</p> </div> <p><a href="https://cpj.org/2024/08/iraqi-security-forces-assault-2-news-crews-covering-protests/">Read More &rsaquo;</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div id="406555" class="cpj--module cpj--module--article-preview full"> <div class="cpj--module--header"> <a href="https://cpj.org/news/" id="cpj--module--category--entryid406555" class="btn btn-primary cpj--module--category btn-lg">Alerts</a> </div> <figure class="cpj--module--media"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2024/07/iraqi-kurdistan-court-sentences-syrian-journalist-to-3-years/" title="Iraqi Kurdistan court sentences Syrian journalist to 3 years"><img width="750" height="480" src="https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Slemani-Mohammed-Ahmed95.jpg?w=750&h=480&crop=1" class="attachment-cpj-large-cropped size-cpj-large-cropped wp-post-image" alt="Sleman Mohammed Ahmed" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </figure> <div class="cpj--module--content"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2024/07/iraqi-kurdistan-court-sentences-syrian-journalist-to-3-years/" class="cpj--module--link" title="Iraqi Kurdistan court sentences Syrian journalist to 3 years"></a> <h3>Iraqi Kurdistan court sentences Syrian journalist to 3 years</h3> <p class="cpj--module--content--timestamp"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-07-29T14:33:20-04:00">July 29, 2024 2:33 PM EDT</time></p> <div class="article--preview"><p>Update: Since publication of this alert, the Kurdistan Region Court of Appeals overturned Ahmed’s conviction on January 6, 2025, and ordered his immediate release. Following his release on January 20, Ahmed crossed the Iraqi Kurdistan border into Syria to see his family, according to his lawyers and family. In October 2024, United Nations experts sent…</p> </div> <p><a href="https://cpj.org/2024/07/iraqi-kurdistan-court-sentences-syrian-journalist-to-3-years/">Read More &rsaquo;</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div id="405383" class="cpj--module cpj--module--article-preview full"> <div class="cpj--module--header"> <a href="https://cpj.org/news/" id="cpj--module--category--entryid405383" class="btn btn-primary cpj--module--category btn-lg">Alerts</a> </div> <figure class="cpj--module--media"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2024/07/turkish-kurdish-photojournalist-murat-yazar-detained-for-8-days-in-iraqi-kurdistan/" title="Turkish Kurdish photojournalist Murat Yazar detained for 8 days in Iraqi Kurdistan"><img width="750" height="480" src="https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Turkish-Kurdish-alert-0722-Murat-Yazar.jpg?w=750&h=480&crop=1" class="attachment-cpj-large-cropped size-cpj-large-cropped wp-post-image" alt="Murat Yazar" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </figure> <div class="cpj--module--content"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2024/07/turkish-kurdish-photojournalist-murat-yazar-detained-for-8-days-in-iraqi-kurdistan/" class="cpj--module--link" title="Turkish Kurdish photojournalist Murat Yazar detained for 8 days in Iraqi Kurdistan"></a> <h3>Turkish Kurdish photojournalist Murat Yazar detained for 8 days in Iraqi Kurdistan</h3> <p class="cpj--module--content--timestamp"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-07-23T10:08:23-04:00">July 23, 2024 10:08 AM EDT</time></p> <div class="article--preview"><p>Sulaymaniyah, July 23, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed that the prominent Turkish Kurdish photojournalist Murat Yazar was held in an Iraqi Kurdish security forces prison for eight days before his release on Sunday evening and calls on Iraqi Kurdish authorities to stop arresting journalists. “Iraqi Kurdish authorities have made a habit out of…</p> </div> <p><a href="https://cpj.org/2024/07/turkish-kurdish-photojournalist-murat-yazar-detained-for-8-days-in-iraqi-kurdistan/">Read More &rsaquo;</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div id="402406" class="cpj--module cpj--module--article-preview full"> <div class="cpj--module--header"> <a href="https://cpj.org/news/" id="cpj--module--category--entryid402406" class="btn btn-primary cpj--module--category btn-lg">Alerts</a> </div> <figure class="cpj--module--media"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2024/07/strike-injures-2-iraqi-kurdish-reporters-in-sinjar/" title="Strike injures 2 Iraqi Kurdish reporters in Sinjar"><img width="750" height="480" src="https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/iraq.jpg?w=750&h=480&crop=1" class="attachment-cpj-large-cropped size-cpj-large-cropped wp-post-image" alt="A composite image of a woman holding a camera, a man standing in a field, and the remains of a car after it was hit by a strike." decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </figure> <div class="cpj--module--content"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2024/07/strike-injures-2-iraqi-kurdish-reporters-in-sinjar/" class="cpj--module--link" title="Strike injures 2 Iraqi Kurdish reporters in Sinjar"></a> <h3>Strike injures 2 Iraqi Kurdish reporters in Sinjar</h3> <p class="cpj--module--content--timestamp"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-07-10T11:58:59-04:00">July 10, 2024 11:58 AM EDT</time></p> <div class="article--preview"><p>UPDATE: Çira TV reporter Murad Mirza died on July 11 of injuries sustained in the drone strike. He was buried on July 12 in the Girê Gewir Cemetery, according to his outlet. Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, July 10, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Turkish and Iraqi authorities to investigate after a suspected Turkish strike injured two Iraqi…</p> </div> <p><a href="https://cpj.org/2024/07/strike-injures-2-iraqi-kurdish-reporters-in-sinjar/">Read More &rsaquo;</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div class="archive-navigation"> <a href="https://cpj.org/mideast/iraq/page/2/" class="more-category-news" > More documents on Iraq &rsaquo; </a> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div class="archive-list "> <span class="form-inline"> <label for="year-nav" class="text-muted"> Iraq documents by Year: </label>    <select id="year-nav" onchange="document.location.href=this.options[this.selectedIndex].value;" tabindex="-1" class="form-control btn-full" size="1"> <option value='https://cpj.org/mideast/iraq/2025/'> 2025 </option> <option value='https://cpj.org/mideast/iraq/2024/'> 2024 </option> <option 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