1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgJennifer Dunhamhttps://cpj.org/author/jdunham/Iraqi Kurdish journalist Omed Baroshky: Press freedom ‘an illusion’ in the region - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Fa2n4sQ8c0"><a href="https://cpj.org/2022/04/iraqi-kurdish-journalist-omed-baroshky-press-freedom-an-illusion-in-the-region/">Iraqi Kurdish journalist Omed Baroshky: Press freedom ‘an illusion’ in the region</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2022/04/iraqi-kurdish-journalist-omed-baroshky-press-freedom-an-illusion-in-the-region/embed/#?secret=Fa2n4sQ8c0" width="600" height="338" title="“Iraqi Kurdish journalist Omed Baroshky: Press freedom ‘an illusion’ in the region” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="Fa2n4sQ8c0" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Omed-Baroshky.jpg720567Freelance journalist Omed Baroshky spent 18 months in jail over social media posts that were critical of the authorities in Iraqi Kurdistan. One of four Iraqi Kurdish reporters listed in CPJ’s 2021 prison census, his incarceration marked yet another low point for a region that has seen a sharp deterioration in the environment for the...