News Observatory condemns the attack on the band 11 television crew

Condemned the Journalistic Freedoms Observatory (JFO), an assault band forces 11 of the Iraqi army beat "severely" with rifle butts on the channel "NRT Arab" television team, and confiscated the equipment before the eyes of their leader, calling for the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces and Chairman of the government, the need to "put an end" military leadership that "fly in the face of laws and maim" system in the country, and prevent them from exercising any violence towards reporters fields, and the investigation of the "bad intentions" which was Ebiha band captain of the work of the channel 's reputation. 
The observatory said in a statement, received (range) a copy of it, that " the forces of the Iraqi army, beat a television team working for NRT Arab channel, when they were covering the events of the bombing targeted the Renaissance, in central Baghdad , " the area, noting that " soldiers from the 11th Division of the Iraqi army in Baghdad, attacked the reporter and photographer NRT channel Arab and beat them and confiscated their equipment in front of the eyes of the conductor , who was smiling while soldiers beat journalists! " 
And the transfer of the Journalistic Freedoms Observatory, correspondent NRT Arab Baghdad, Wael al - Shammari, saying that he and "photographer Noureddine Saad, severely beaten with the butts of rifles , soldiers in the division 11 who were resorting to stop us from filming and used violence against us as they confiscated the camera and streaming devices , " noting that "division commander was watching his soldiers , they beat me and abusing photographer Noureddine, and ordered them after the hit, grabbing the camera and confiscated by himself." 
In turn , the correspondent said the same channel, Nabil Hassan, in an interview to the Observatory, said that "photographer Noureddine Saad was taken to hospital after being severely beaten by protecting the commander of 11th division." 
The Journalistic Freedoms Observatory, that " the 11th Division of the Iraqi army has a bad track record towards dealing with reporters, where he proceeded throughout the duration of its control over parts of the capital Baghdad areas, to prevent media coverage of the teams have used excessive violence against them." 
Promised JFO, that " the attacks on journalists during the bombings that hit the Iraqi cities, an attempt to blur the facts and hide the various aspects of the security flaw , " and urged the Commander in Chief of the armed forces, the need to "put an end to military leaders who disregard the laws and distort the system 's reputation in the country and prevent them from exercising any violence towards reporters fields. " 
He called on the observatory, the Iraqi prime minister, Haidar al - Abadi to "investigation on the bad intentions that was Ebiha commander of the 11th division of the team NRT Arab channel."