News and Comment by KT: On the eve of the fourth anniversary of Soran’s murder, the Soran Mama Hama Committee has decided to award its memorial prize to three journalists: Nabaz Goran, who writes for several newspapers, Niaz Abdulla of the Metro organisation and Shwan Mohammed, former editor of Awena newspaper. These three have worked tirelessly for…
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Category Archives: Journalism
Nechirvan Barzani’s association with media corruption … the Rudaw Company as an example
By Kamal Chomani: Financial corruption is a web-like network covering all corners of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and governmental institutions. Another, less discussed, kind of corruption is media corruption. Surprisingly, the partisan and shadow media are getting huge monthly budgets although they serve only the will of political parties, not the nation. Bookmark on…
Kurdish authorities arrest magazine editor to appease Islamists
By Reporters with Borders: Reporters Without Borders calls for the immediate release of Hamin Ary, the editor of the Erbil-based Kurdish and Arabic monthly Chirpa (Al-Hamsah in Arabic), and the withdrawal of all the charges against him. He has been held since 7 May for reprinting an allegedly blasphemous article by Goran Halmat, a controversial Kurdish writer living in self-exile…
Kurdistan Tribune’s relentless first year
By Mufid Abdulla: It is a year since we launched this website. From the first we told our readers and colleagues that this was not going to be an easy mission. Our fundamental message was that we wanted to establish a new way of journalism for the overall purpose of siding with and representing our…
Kurdistan remembers Serdasht Osman
News and Comment by the Kurdistan Tribune: The second anniversary of Serdasht Osman’s murder was commemorated today at events across south Kurdistan. In his home city of Erbil, a group of journalists from all the local newspapers held a seminar. This was attended by a representative from the US Consulate who stated that the US…
Double dip sorrow for family of journalist Sardasht Osman
By Mufid Abdulla: This article first appeared on September 25, 2010 on ekurd.net It seems like only yesterday, yet when it was reported almost five months ago about the young, freelance journalist Sardasht Osman who was abducted from Erbil, the capital of Kurdistan, on 4th May and whose body was found two days later in the…
The unstoppable fight for justice: Interview with Serdasht’s brother, Bakir Osman
KT Interview with Bakir Osman: Bakir Osman is the elder brother of Serdasht Osman, who was a journalist and final-year student at the University of Selahedin. Serdasht was abducted on 4 May 2010 in front of his university. Two days later, his body was found in neighbouring Mosul city with a bullet shot to his mouth….
Sardasht Osman: Death did not silence him
By Mufid Abdulla: At the beginning of May 2010 Sardasht Osman knew that his death warrant had been issued but, characteristically, this did not stop him from going to university and meeting with his friends. He knew very well that his days were numbered but he also understood that the price of truth is high….
London seminar on second anniversary of murder of Sardasht Osman
The Freedom Umbrella is holding a seminar on the second anniversary of the murder (on 4th May, 2010) of the young Kurdish journalist Sardasht Osam. This event is open to the public: Date: Saturday 5th May 2012 Time: 7-10pm Venue: River Court Methodist Church, King Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9JT Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about…
A story of my life … How I escaped death!
By Kamal Chomani: Is there freedom of speech in Kurdistan of Iraq? If you want to understand the truth of how journalists put their lives at risk, stay with me until the end of my story. Then you will realize how difficult is the situation for journalists and how death is their ‘closest gift’ whenever…
‘Hell of Truth’ banned by the KRG
By Kamal Chomani: Hell of Truth, Aso Jabar’s new book, has been banned by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), the writer told The Kurdistan Tribune. Aso Jabar is a Kurdish intellectual and writer who was sacked from his job with the Ministry of Culture in 2008 due to a critical article about then minister Falakadin…
President Barzani ‘agrees’ to changes proposed by Awene editor
News by The Kurdistan Tribune: President Barzani was left almost speechless on Sunday night when, back from Turkey, he invited the editors of local papers to meet him at his Salahadin residence. Almost every paper was represented, except for Livin Magazine, whose editor was detained by the authorities last year. Unusually, Barzani invited journalists to ask questions…
‘The Press and Political Processes in Contemporary Iraqi Kurdistan’: A call for contributions to this study
Press Release: Academics from Harvard Law School, Dr John Hogan and Dr John Trumpbour, are in the final stages of completing their study into The Press and Political Processes in Contemporary Iraqi Kurdistan. The latest paper released by the researchers is a report which presents competing views on the press environment. (See the English language version and the…
Turkey’s year of mass arrests: 104 journalists and 30 distributors in prison
By Emel Gülcan, bianet.org: 2011 BİA Media Monitoring Report 104 journalists and 30 distributors went to jail during 2011. The journalists are in prison under allegations of affiliations with illegal organizations, under the scope of the Anti-Terror Law and the Turkish Criminal Law. 94 of these 134 press workers are from Kurdish media outlets. Journalists…
Asos Hardi’s case referred back to the criminal court
News and Comment by The Kurdistan Tribune: For a second time the case of Asos Hardi, director of the Awene Press and Publishing Company, has been referred to the criminal court in Sulaymani. This follows the decision by the court on 5 December 2011 to release Aumar Fatah Hussain, a member of the PUK politburo, and…
