Dozens of Iraqi Kurdistan journalists teargassed, arrested, raided over protest - Committee to Protect Journalists

Dozens of Iraqi Kurdistan journalists teargassed, arrested, raided over protest - Committee to Protect Journalists

Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, February 13, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by Kurdistan security forces’ assault on 12 news crews covering a February 9 protest by teachers and other public employees over unpaid salaries, which resulted in at least 22 journalists teargassed, two arrested, and a television station raided. “The aggressive treatment meted out to journalists by Erbil security forces while covering a peaceful protest is dee…