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By Mufid Abdulla In Kurdistan the two ruling parties view newspapers and the media as agents of revolution. Over the last few months the pressure on journalism has become more intense than ever. Several newspapers are notably independent and not in the pockets of the parties. They have opposed the recent actions of the KRG…
By Mufid Abdulla: Exactly one year ago on 4th May 2010, Sardasht Osman, a young journalist and student, was kidnapped in broad daylight from outside his university in Hawler, the capital of Kurdistan. Two days later his body was found dumped 70 miles away in Mosul city. Sardasht Osman was studying English literature and writing…
