Hit four journalists and their equipment confiscated by the "Baghdad Operations"

Hit four journalists and their equipment confiscated by the "Baghdad Operations"



Student Journalistic Freedoms Observatory (JFO), the protection of the commander of Baghdad operations to re - press equipment confiscated from the reporter and photographer Roudao media network during the preparation of a report near the scene of the bombing of the intersection of "seal" in Karrada, as revealed observatory that belonging to the Baghdad Operations Command forces attacked media teams before the eyes of senior officers, he condemned what he described as "clear disregard" practiced by military security forces with journalists.
A car bomb exploded in Baghdad late on Monday (29 May 2017) near the Square seal, causing the killing and wounding more than 30 people.
The observatory said in a statement received "long" version of it that it "condemns the clear disregard practiced by military security forces to deal with journalists, and calls for men 's national security and the protection of the commander of Baghdad operations to re - press equipment confiscated from the reporter and photographer Roudao network media."
The statement said that "belonging to the Baghdad Operations Command attacked media teams and journalists forces, last night the first Monday, beat four journalists from the fallopian NRT Arab and Roudao media network in front of the eyes of senior officers and leaders of innocents, when their teams covering the event the terrorist bombing that targeted the Karrada district, in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. " The statement denounced the "assault and confidence channel NRT Arab, when troops attacked a photographer channel, while the reporter takes permission from an officer with the rank of Major General in the Ministry of the Interior."
The statement quoted from the correspondent Ahmed al - Rikabi said, he was "subjected to prevent beatings, last night the first Monday, and surprised by the actions of Baghdad Operations Command soldiers who attacked his team and beat him and his cameraman , and cut off direct Butna with the Director of Civil Defense in Iraq , Major General Kadhim Salman."
He adds stapes, a field reporter working with NRT channel since its inception last year, in all field coverage " be beaten and prevention by soldiers and an officer of Baghdad operations."
The photographer Ammar Hussein worker exposure the same channel hit as well, and says that the soldiers beat him on his face and tried to confiscate Kamrth and a live broadcast.
The reporter spoke Roudao channel details of attacking him and his cameraman by security men dressed in civilian clothes and others who were escorting the commander of the Baghdad Operations Lt. Gen. Jalil al - Rubaie.
He adds Bahman Hassan, that he and his cameraman Ajami speech severely beaten were also confiscated their equipment by the press of the Baghdad operations force and men of national security. According to the statement
and called on the Press Freedoms Observatory (JFO) , commander of Baghdad operations to respect the work of journalists in the capital and directing his soldiers not to attack the field correspondents and abide by Iraqi laws that ensured freedom of the press in the country , which has become breached security and military forces.


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