Iraq - Armed raid on Reporters Without Borders partner organization in Iraq

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders strongly condemns an armed raid this morning on the Baghdad headquarters of the Journalistic Freedoms Observatory (JFO), its partner organization in Iraq, in which all of the JFO's computers and archives were stolen “A dozen gunmen belonging to private security forces burst into our office near Al-Fardous Square in central Baghdad this morning at the time of Fajr prayer [6:30 a.m.],” JFO director Ziyad Al-Ajili said. “They broke down doors and took all the equipment – (...)

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