April
28, 2010
NEW YORK, — Anti-riot
police assaulted journalists covering two different
protests in Sulaimaniyah in Iraqi Kurdistan on
Saturday and Tuesday. The Committee to Protect
Journalists condemns the attacks and calls on
authorities to stop harassing journalists reporting
in the field.
Several journalists told CPJ on April 20, that
police prevented them on Saturday from covering
clashes between security forces and students who had
taken to the streets to protest the Ministry of
Education’s decision to change the grading system in
high schools.
Among those obstructed
were Soran Ahmed, reporter for the independent
biweekly Hawlati, Shikar Mu’tasim, a reporter for
the independent weekly Rozhnama, Aso Khalil, a
reporter for Zhyar magazine, and Talan Kosrat, a
cameraman for Zahmatkeshan television channel. |
Anti-riot police assaulted journalists covering two
different protests in Sulaimaniyah in Iraqi
Kurdistan on Saturday and Tuesday |
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