Kurdistan

March 16, 2025

Kurdish Journalist Sherwan Sherwani Faces Extended Imprisonment Amid Ongoing Press Freedom Concerns

March 16, 2025 – Kudish/Iraq –  Sherwan Sherwani, a Kurdish investigative journalist and human rights defender, remains incarcerated in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq following a […]
March 6, 2025

Turkish Journalist Öznur Değer Remains Jailed Amid Ongoing Crackdown on Press Freedom

March 06, 2025 – Kurdish/Iraq/Turkey –  The imprisonment of Öznur Değer, a Kurdish journalist with JINNEWS, has become a stark reminder of the ongoing state persecution […]
March 3, 2025

Iraqi Kurdistan Clamps Down on Media: Media21 Shutdown and Journalist Arrests Raise Press Freedom Alarms

March 03, 2025 – Kurdish/Iraq –  Iraq’s Kurdistan Region witnessed a troubling crackdown on independent journalism with the forced closure of the digital news outlet Media21 […]
February 1, 2025

Wave of Journalist Arrests Highlights Growing Media Repression in Kurdish Regions

February 01, 2025 – Kurdistan –  A series of journalist arrests in Iraqi Kurdistan and northeastern Syria has drawn strong condemnation from international media watchdogs, highlighting […]
January 22, 2025

Kurdish Journalist Eylem Babayiğit Detained in Turkey Over Terror Charges

January 22, 2025 – Turkey/Iraq/Kurdistan –  Turkish authorities detained Eylem Babayiğit, a Kurdish journalist and former contributor to the now-closed Özgür Gündem newspaper, during a raid […]