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– Alarming violence against journalists in northern Iraq (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News November 6, 2017

RSF condemns the murder of a Kurdistan TV cameraman near Kirkuk and violence against media personnel by demonstrators in Erbil. The two separate incidents in the space of a few hours point to an alarming decline in the security of journalists in northern Iraq.
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