City’s rival groups use their respective media as propaganda weapons. By IWPR reporters in Kirkuk (ICR No. 234, 2-Oct-07) News organisations aligning themselves with ethnic-based and religious parties are inflaming tensions in Kirkuk by pushing the agendas of those they represent.Kirkuk journalists and residents complain that the media often ...
Photographers and cameramen are high on extremists’ target list. By Sahar al-Haideri in Mosul (ICR No. 234, 2-Oct-07) Shortly after paying his last respects to his dead friend, Aswan Lutfallah Jaf, Mosul journalist Karim Abbas received a call from Jaf’s mobile phone."Aswan’s murderers told me that all journalists and ...
Station's tackling of controversial social issues and liking for western music raises clerics' eyebrows By an IWPR reporter in Karbala (ICR No. 234, 2-Oct-07) A radio station in Karbala is pushing boundaries in this holy Shia city by broadcasting music and cultural programming that some clerics and leaders consider inappropriate. ...
Legislation de-criminalises libel but imposes a range of reporting restrictions. By Frman Abdul-Rahman in Sulaimaniyah (ICR No. 234, 2-Oct-07) While many independent journalists are backing a draft media law that would boost press freedom in northern Iraq, many say it does not go far enough.Although leading media figures are ...
Baghdad’s TV Escapists Residents watch hours of cartoons, films and music shows to get a break from the chaos outside their homes. By IWPR reporters in Baghdad (ICR No. 234, 2-Oct-07) Glued to their favourite cartoon show, Kadim Muhammed’s two children and wife protest when he tries to switch ...
