Journalists under attack in Northern Iraq

Media conglomeration hasn’t really been affecting Iraq or the Kurdish people much, but there are several independent media station in Iraq and other parts of the world that voice the opinions of the Kurdish people and many of them have been under attack. Recently radio Dang an independent radio station in Kalar was attacked (according to Kurdishmedia.com) and Nalia satellite television station was burned down after only 3 days of broadcasting. The first independent television station in northern Iraq, NRT Television in Sulaimaniya, was also destroyed by 50 masked gunmen who raided the building according to CNN and Kurdishmedia.com.

http://www.kurdmedia.com/article.aspx?id=16640

http://www.kurdmedia.com/article.aspx?id=16639

Reporters without borders sent a letter to the president of the Kurdistan regional government, Massoud Barzani, mentioning the recent attacks on media stations in Kurdish Iraq and mentioned that many of the Journalists received death threats. Reporters without Borders requested investigations into the attacks and asked that he do anything in his power to ensure the safety of the journalists in the region.

Reporters without Borders began the letter by mentioning that Iraqi Kurdistan had more press freedoms than most of the surrounding regions, but that the recent attacks and threats to the lives of the Journalists posed a threat to the media.

http://en.rsf.org/iraq-death-threats-and-targeted-28-02-2011,39637.html