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The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) expressed concern on Monday over the suspension of the Iraqi political talk show Al-Haq Yuqal (The Truth Be Told) hosted by journalist Adnan Al-Taie and urged the Iraqi authorities to restore the program.
Iraqi authorities, citing “violations of public decency,” suspended the program for seven days and ordered past episodes to be removed. While the authorities cited articles of the national broadcasting code that the program violated, no specific episode was mentioned. CPJ’s regional director, Sara Qudah, emphasized that suspension of the program without specific reason contributes to the restriction on press freedom. Additionally, Qudah urged Iraqi authorities to “end their legal harassment of the press and ensure that journalists and media outlets can operate freely, without fear of legal intimidation.”
The censorship of the program took place amidst a global suppression of journalism. Recently, examples have been cited in Morocco, Macao, Kyrgyzstan, Indonesia, Serbia, and more.
There has also been a pattern of diminishing of human rights in Iraq, reported on by various human rights groups. One of the critiqued changes was the personal status law amendment that came into effect this March. A focus of the amendment was an establishment of the legally permissible age of marriage to be 15 with the permission of a judge, which gave rise to a wave of concern from rights groups. Human Rights Watch noted that the amendment violates international law, specifically Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Additionally, Amnesty International informed of Iraqi government’s failure to deliver justice for the lethal crackdown on the 2019 Tishreen protests. While a large portion of families were compensated for the death of a loved one, injured victims faced bureaucratic hurdles to access compensation. In addition, there were a grossly inadequate number legal proceedings against the perpetrators.
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Iraqi authorities, citing “violations of public decency,” suspended the program for seven days and ordered past episodes to be removed. While the authorities cited articles of the national broadcasting code that the program violated, no specific episode was mentioned. CPJ’s regional director, Sara Qudah, emphasized that suspension of the program without specific reason contributes to the restriction on press freedom. Additionally, Qudah urged Iraqi authorities to “end their legal harassment of the press and ensure that journalists and media outlets can operate freely, without fear of legal intimidation.”
The censorship of the program took place amidst a global suppression of journalism. Recently, examples have been cited in Morocco, Macao, Kyrgyzstan, Indonesia, Serbia, and more.
There has also been a pattern of diminishing of human rights in Iraq, reported on by various human rights groups. One of the critiqued changes was the personal status law amendment that came into effect this March. A focus of the amendment was an establishment of the legally permissible age of marriage to be 15 with the permission of a judge, which gave rise to a wave of concern from rights groups. Human Rights Watch noted that the amendment violates international law, specifically Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Additionally, Amnesty International informed of Iraqi government’s failure to deliver justice for the lethal crackdown on the 2019 Tishreen protests. While a large portion of families were compensated for the death of a loved one, injured victims faced bureaucratic hurdles to access compensation. In addition, there were a grossly inadequate number legal proceedings against the perpetrators.
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