Hakeem Dawd Qaradaghi February 28, 2021 This article was originally published on KurdistanSource.com Introduction The Kurdistan Region of Iraq with a population of five and half million, has a vibrant media scene consisting of hundreds of media outlets across print, radio, TV and online. Data published in late 2017 by the Kurdistan Journalists Syndicate states […]
Condemnation after Iraqi-Kurd journalists given 6 years in jail
This report was originally published on Al Jazeera By Sofia Barbarani in Baghdad and Hakeem Dawd Qaradaghi in UK 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 […]
The Dark Side of Democracy in Iraqi Kurdistan: The Rule of Two Clans
This article originally published on Culturico Hakeem Dawd Qaradaghi The Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) is on the edge of becoming completely ruled by two powerful families. The so-called Western allies of Kurds should compel the two traditional ruling parties, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) controlled by the Barzani clan and the Patriotic Union of […]
Three journalists and Two Political Activists are Accused of “Undermining National Security”, charges Carrying Life Sentences
Today (February 15, 2021) five of the those journalists and activists who have been arrested for months by partisan-affiliated forces in Duhok, stood trial at the second branch of Erbil’s Criminal Court in the capital city of Erbil. Three freelance journalists (Ayaz Karem, Guhdar Zebari, Sherwan Sherwani) and two civil society activists (Hariwan Ess, Shivan […]
Iraq’s Kurdish region is not a model for free speech
The continuing crackdown on press freedom in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq is threatening its democratic future.
Can US-Backed Kadhimi save Iraq from Iran-backed militias before the snap election?
Iraq faces multiple deep challenges right now. Even without the COVID-19 crisis, the country was on the brink of economic collapse and political turmoil.
The True Face of Kurdistan: Family Ruling, Oppressing Freedom of Speech, Corruption & Nepotism
A Bankrupt Region on the Brink of Financial Collapse
Badinan Protest: Released Protester “Can Hardly Speak”; NRT Reporter’s Whereabouts Remains Unknown
“What they did to him was far from humanitarian, moral and legal standards”
IS PRESS FREEDOM RESPECTED OR OPPRESSED IN IRAQI KURDISTAN?
This article was originally published on 1001iraqithoughts When Iraqi journalist and researcher Hisham Al-Hashimi was shot dead in Baghdad on July 6, 2020, the majority of the leaders and officials from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) condemned the assassination. The tone with which they spoke suggested that their region was a safe haven for journalists. The KRG has […]
Facebook reveals Lahur Talabani “spent $270k on fake pages to attack opponents”
Facebook took down over 400 assets based in Iraqi Kurdistan for coordinated inauthentic behavior.
Meet Kurdish Women Fighters on the Frontlines of Fighting ISIS
For some they are heroes, for others terrorists.
Journalist Amanj Babani and his family were murdered, not committed suicide: KDP Police
PUK links forces say Amanj killed his family and committed suicide
Six billion Euros transferred from Iraqi Kurdistan amid months of salary delay
leaked documents reveal a huge corruption
The Kurdistan I know, not the one you do!
Saying that is not easy, but it is necessary.
Overseas Students in the UK Share their Experience During Covid-19 Lockdown
“I was very scared”
Kurdish Children in the UK Cannot Learn their Mother Tongue
There are some schools in the UK where Kurdish teachers deliver Kurdish teaching lessons but only three hours per week.
CPJ: Journalist assailants in Kurdistan have full immunity
In the last decade several journalists have been killed and arrested by partisan forces loyal to the PDK and PUK
PROFILE: Bakhtiar Mam Sheikh: From Fighting in the Kurdish Mountains to Become a British Politician
Hakeem Dawd Faraj When he was only five years old, the sound of gunfire was very normal for him. He grew up in an area which is well known for violence and war. He did not cope with that environment, so he escaped it. Escaping opened many new doors for Bakhtiar Mam Sheikh, a Kurd […]
یەکەم توێژینەوەی زانستی لەبارەی فەیک نیوز لە کوردستان: حیزبەکان، میدیای سێبەر و سۆشیاڵ میدیا
This article was originally published on Toebend.net حەکیم داود قەرەداغی* پێشەکی هەرێمی کوردستان هاوشێوەی هەموو جیهان رووبەڕووی ئاڵنگارییەکانی کامپەینی فەیک نیوز یان (هەواڵی درۆ) بووەتەوە. بەڵام ئەوەی کوردستان لە بەشێک لە وڵاتانی جیهان جیادەکاتەوە ئەوەیە حیزبە سیاسییەکان، میدیای فەرمی و سێبەری حیزب و بەشێک لە میدیای سەربەخۆش رۆژانە هەواڵی فەیک و زانیاری درۆ بڵاودەکەنەوە. ئەمە […]