Committee to Protect Journalists: Iraqi Kurdish Police Arrest Journalist Bahroz Jaafer Over Criminal Defamation Suit Filed by Iraq's President
September 24, 2020
September 24, 2020
NEW YORK, Sept. 24 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following news on Sept. 23:
Kurdish authorities in Iraq should immediately release journalist Bahroz Jaafer, drop all charges against him, and allow the press to cover and write critically about politicians without fear of detention or legal action, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
Yesterday, police arrested Jaafer, a columnist for the independent news website Peyser Press, in the nort . . .
Kurdish authorities in Iraq should immediately release journalist Bahroz Jaafer, drop all charges against him, and allow the press to cover and write critically about politicians without fear of detention or legal action, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
Yesterday, police arrested Jaafer, a columnist for the independent news website Peyser Press, in the nort . . .