August 22, 2025 – Iraq/Kurdistan – In the wake of journalist Gülistan Tara’s tragic death by Turkish drone strike in August 2023, Kurdish media innovators are […]
20 August 2025 – Erbil Kurdish investigative journalist Sherwan Sherwani has been handed a new prison sentence just days before his expected release, in a move […]
August 5, 2025 – Iraq – The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on Iraqi authorities to reverse the three‑year prison sentence imposed on Ali Al‑Dhabhawi, […]
July 30, 2025 – Iraq – Freelance journalist Omed Baroshky, founder and director of Rast Media in Iraqi Kurdistan’s Duhok province, will remain imprisoned for an […]
July 28, 2025 – Iraq – Iraqi authorities have confirmed the death of photojournalist Wissam al-Ghanmi, who was found dead on July 28, 2025, several days […]
July 16, 2025 – Iraq – Iraqi Kurdish authorities have recently arrested and severely beaten three journalists while assaulting a fourth in a series of troubling […]
July 09, 2025 – Iraq/Kurdistan – Deadly clashes erupted in the Khabat district of Erbil on the night of July 7, 2025, exposing deepening rifts between […]
June 29, 2025 – Turkey/Iraq/Kurdistan – Filming began on Analogue, a new feature-length film dedicated to the memory of two journalists—Cihan Bilgin and Nazım Daştan—who were […]
June 27, 2025 – Kurdistan/Iraq – Kurdish journalist Hassan Zaza was arrested by Syrian government security forces in Damascus, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for […]