Reporters Without Borders; Brutal assault on a journalist in Kurdistan

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So I've decided that to have a look and see what RWB has for the latest news that we usually don't hear about.

Apparently, RWB is an organization that expounds the idealism of freedom of speech without corporate or governmental interference.

Something that governments and large multi-national corporations don't like. Regardless of each of their locations.

Here's a small news article from there:

Reporters Without Borders today called for police to do their utmost to find those responsible for a “cowardly” physical attack on leading Iraqi Kurdish investigative journalist Nabaz Goran.......to seek refugee in Sulaymaniyah to the east.

He left there to seek refuge because he

.....criticises the parties and politicians and (he does) not hesitate to reveal corruption cases. And that is what they cannot stand.”

No kidding. Slikrapid and myself have mentioned this more than a tonne of times.

Here's a tad more:

Goran believed his attackers to be from Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP). He made a formal complaint to the police, but told the worldwide press freedom organisation, “I am not under any illusions, the police are in the pocket of the KDP”, adding that he never wanted to see the city again.

and that's why he fled after he was beat in the face, kicked and assaulted.

There have also been some complaints leveled against some newspapers there. Most notably by governmental organizations.

HEre's something to give you an idea of why:

.....after it ( the newspaper )carried an article revealing his ( a province’s governor named Massud Barzani) salary and other privileges

Here's the link:

Reporters Sans Frontières