PM:12:27:06/09/2022
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SULAIMANI— NRT
reporter Kareem Kaifi is still in detention after he was arrested by security
forces in Khalifan district of Erbil province on Monday (5 September).
Kaifi was
covering a missile attack near Taraw village in Erbil around 2200 (local time)
when he was arrested.
A source
from the Journalists' Union told NRT that he was arrested because he did not
respect the coverage zone designated by the security forces.
NRT has
learned that reporters from other media outlets were also at the same location
as Kaifi, but they were not detained.
In August,
the Community Peacemaker Teams (CPT) said that security forces in the Kurdistan
Region detained more than 34 journalists and cameramen without arrest warrants.
NRT
reporters and journalists are particularly at risk of arrest and ill-treatment.
(NRT Digital
Media)