There has been no news of an Iraqi journalist kidnapped on Wednesday in the city of Kirkuk, a knowledgeable source told IPI on Friday. IPI has decided not to name the source for security reasons. Hussam Dawood al-Eqabi, a journalist for local al-Ahed radio station, was abducted by four armed men while on his way […]

The United States military released Reuters photographer Ibrahim Jassam Mohammed on Wednesday after detaining him at Camp Cropper in Iraq for 17 months without charge. “We welcome the decision to release Jassam,” said IPI Director David Dadge. “However, we remain concerned by the fact that the US military felt it acceptable to hold him for […]

Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi, who spent nine months in prison after throwing his shoes at former U.S President George W. Bush at a press conference in Baghdad last year, has been released. He had originally been sentenced to three years, for insulting a foreign head of state. The sentence was subsequently reduced to one year […]

Just days after the Iraqi government published a draft law that appears to pave the way for government interference in the media, a 100 million Iraqi dinar (€60,000) fine levied on Wednesday against Iraqi satellite broadcaster Al-Sharqiya for “misquoting” a top military spokesperson is another ominous signal that press freedom in Iraq is deteriorating, the […]