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Iraqi journalists blacklist politicians who attack them

Some Iraq journalists are forming a list that includes all officials who attack them to prepare the ground for legal action against them.
This picture taken on October 2, 2018 shows Iraqi journalists performing interviews at the federal parliament headquarters in Iraq as the legislative assembly meets to elect a new president for the country. (Photo by Ahmad AL-RUBAYE / AFP)        (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Some Iraqi journalists are attempting to limit repeated attacks against them in peaceful and legal ways in a bid to provide a safer environment for the free press in Iraq.

The Journalistic Freedom Observatory (JFO), one of the most prominent organizations working to defend press freedom in Iraq, announced Aug. 22 that it prepared a "blacklist of Iraqi politicians, government officials and parliamentarians who assault or attack journalists themselves or via their security teams."

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