BAGHDAD -- Iraq has decided to prohibit the work of 39 media outlets, including the BBC and Voice of America, said reports from Baghdad.
Source: Tanjug
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Meanwhile, Journalistic Freedoms Observatory - an Iraqi media rights organization - said that the commission that made the decision recommended to prohibit operation of 44 new media companies and called for the withdrawal of the recommendation because it violated the constitution.
"The commission announced in February this year in all newspapers a statement that invites the media to address the issue of work permits within two months," said Salem Mashkur, a member of the Commission for Communication and the Media.
However, "only a small number of media companies filed applications, while 39 did not, disrespecting the law," he added.
According to him, Voice of America was never given permission to operate, while the BBC registered only its service in Arabic, but not in English, the AFP has reported.
"The Ministry of Internal Affairs has asked for a list of channels that operate without permits, but there has not yet been any closure of confiscation of equipment," the commission's official said.
Journalistic Freedoms Observatory in turn claims that they have copies of documents showing that the commission reportedly "recommended the prohibition of 44 Iraqi and foreign media".
Ecoman, what occupiers are you talking about?? The story is about news agencies. and if you are talking about US military, they are gone with the exception of a few to protect the Embassey. All security is handled by the Iraqi's. This I know because I am here with one of the foreign embassies.
(Kind of behind, 27 June 2012 09:18)
I thought the Iraqis (and Afghans and Syrians and Egytpians and Libyans) are all supposed to be so in love with anything Yankee or Western? No?
(lowe, 27 June 2012 07:13)
That's alright. The west's other great democratic ally Azerbaidjan did this heard ago. The 'free' media doesn't give a damn either.
(So What?, 27 June 2012 02:56)
Throw the occupiers out, along with their propaganda machines. American troops liberated Iraq for this privilege, to run their own country in a democratic way, and in their own interest.
(Ecoman, 26 June 2012 14:17)
Throw the occupiers out, along with their propaganda machines. American troops liberated Iraq for this privilege, to run their own country in a democratic way, and in their own interest.
(Ecoman, 26 June 2012 14:17)
I thought the Iraqis (and Afghans and Syrians and Egytpians and Libyans) are all supposed to be so in love with anything Yankee or Western? No?
(lowe, 27 June 2012 07:13)
Ecoman, what occupiers are you talking about?? The story is about news agencies. and if you are talking about US military, they are gone with the exception of a few to protect the Embassey. All security is handled by the Iraqi's. This I know because I am here with one of the foreign embassies.
(Kind of behind, 27 June 2012 09:18)
That's alright. The west's other great democratic ally Azerbaidjan did this heard ago. The 'free' media doesn't give a damn either.
(So What?, 27 June 2012 02:56)
Throw the occupiers out, along with their propaganda machines. American troops liberated Iraq for this privilege, to run their own country in a democratic way, and in their own interest.
(Ecoman, 26 June 2012 14:17)
Ecoman, what occupiers are you talking about?? The story is about news agencies. and if you are talking about US military, they are gone with the exception of a few to protect the Embassey. All security is handled by the Iraqi's. This I know because I am here with one of the foreign embassies.
(Kind of behind, 27 June 2012 09:18)
That's alright. The west's other great democratic ally Azerbaidjan did this heard ago. The 'free' media doesn't give a damn either.
(So What?, 27 June 2012 02:56)
I thought the Iraqis (and Afghans and Syrians and Egytpians and Libyans) are all supposed to be so in love with anything Yankee or Western? No?
(lowe, 27 June 2012 07:13)