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Nearly dozen journalists killed in Iraq over past 12 months

A picture taken on February 26, 2017, shows a portrait of Shifa Gardi, an Iraqi female journalist for Kurdish network Rudaw who was killed while covering the Mosul offensive. (Photo by AFP)

Altaf Ahmad
Press TV, Baghdad

Iraq is considered to be one of the most dangerous countries for journalists. Journalist Freedom Observatory, a Baghdad-based watchdog has recorded up to 357 violations against journalists in the country over the past 12 months. Press TV sat down with the family of one of the victims who was killed late April while covering the Iraqi forces’ battle against terrorists in Mosul. Here is a report. 

 


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