Committee to Protect Journalists: Basra Police Raids Home, Seeks Arrest of Iraqi Reporter Hassan Sabah
August 16, 2019
August 16, 2019
NEW YORK, Aug. 16 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following news:
The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned the issuing of an arrest warrant and a raid on the home of Hassan Sabah, a reporter for the Iraqi news broadcaster INEWS, in Basra, and called on Iraqi authorities to allow journalists to work freely and without fear of retaliation for their reporting.
On July 23, a police force consisting of Basra airport police officers and emergenc . . .
The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned the issuing of an arrest warrant and a raid on the home of Hassan Sabah, a reporter for the Iraqi news broadcaster INEWS, in Basra, and called on Iraqi authorities to allow journalists to work freely and without fear of retaliation for their reporting.
On July 23, a police force consisting of Basra airport police officers and emergenc . . .