Independent media fades in Iraqi Kurdistan - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Kamal Chomani

Kamal Chomani

Aug 1, 2014

Iraqi Kurds read newspapers at a newspaper stand in Arbil, northern
Iraq, Febuary 19, 2003. Iraqi Kurds in the breakaway enclave of
northern Iraq said they had arrested Iraqi agents threatening the
safety of opposition leaders gathering to plan for the future of Iraq
if the United States topples Saddam Hussein. REUTERS/Caren Firouz

CJF - RTRIL1S — Iraqi Kurds read at a newspaper stand in Erbil. — REUTERS/Caren Firouz

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Journalists are pictured in the newsroom of Nalia Radio and Television (NRT) in Sulaimaniyah city, in the Kurdish autonomous region of northern Iraq on August 22, 2020. - Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq are escalating their crackdown on media outlets covering anti-government protests, journalists and rights defenders told AFP, shattering the region's reputation as a liberal refuge. (Photo by Shwan MOHAMMED / AFP) (Photo by SHWAN MOHAMMED/AFP via Getty Images)

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