Around the world, media are finding new, creative ways to debunk false information, present facts and inform citizens under increasingly difficult circumstances.

International media development organisations express their grave concern that press freedom is increasingly under threat in the Kurdish Region of Iraq

The Court ruling of the 16 February 2021 sentencing journalists and civil society activists to six years in prison for undermining national security, has led to grave concerns regarding the room for open public debate in the Kurdish Region of Iraq.