Unidentified gunmen shot and killed journalist Hilal al-Ahmadi as he was leaving his home on Thursday morning, according to news reports. Two men opened fire with a submachine gun, hitting Ahmadi several times before escaping in a car. He died instantly. The 50-year old journalist, and father of four, worked for two local weeklies in […]

UPDATE:  Journalist Muammar al-Khadir Abdul Wahid, of Eye Media News in Iraq, was killed during an assault on a government building in Tikrit, the second journalist to have lost his life in the attack, according to reports and to the news outlet’s website. On a statement on their website, the news service said: “God Almighty […]

In what seems to be a deterioration of conditions for journalists in volatile Iraq, the director of an Iraqi television station was killed in Baghdad today, according to a report from CNN.  Taha Hameed, the head of al-Massar TV, was driving with Iraqi human rights activist Abed Farhan Thiyab when they were “shot dead by […]

Hadi al-Mahdi, a radio show host and activist in Iraq, was killed in his home on Thursday, according to international news reports. Al-Mahdi hosted a thrice-weekly show called “To Whoever Listens” in which he criticized the government and the lack of public services, the Washington Post and others reported.  The outspoken activist stopped hosting the […]