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Information on the conference of Iraqi journalists and media to launch a National Safety Strategy (May 2007) sponsored by the International Federation of Journalists is available in English:
http://www.ifj.org/default.asp?index=4913&Language=EN
Other documents and press releases by the International Federation of Journalists are available in English:
http://www.ifj.org/default.asp?issue=mainresult&text=Iraq&Language=EN&sort=date
Documents by Institute for War and Peace Reporting are available in Arabic, English, and Kurdish:
http://iwpr.net/?p=icr&s=p&o=-&apc_state=henh
A 2006 report analyzing media regulations in
http://www.article19.org/pdfs/analysis/iraq-media-policy.pdf
http://www.article19.org/pdfs/analysis/iraq-constitution-review-arabic-.pdf
Other documents and studies by Article 19 are available in English and Arabic:
http://www.article19.org/search-results/index.html?freetext=Iraq
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A 2003 report on a fact finding mission by Arab Press Freedom Watch is available in English and Arabic:
http://www.apfw.org/data/report/english/2004/spe1100.pdf
http://www.apfw.org/indexarabic.asp?fname=report%5Carabic%5C2004%5Cspa1100.htm
Other documents, articles and reports by Arab Press Freedom Watch are available in English and Arabic:
http://www.apfw.org/indexenglish.asp?txtSearchText=xxxx or iraq* or baghdad*
http://www.apfw.org/indexarabic.asp?txtSearchText=xxxx or %C8%DB%CF%C7%CF or %C7%E1%DA%D1%C7%DE
The 2004 report by Arab Press Freedom Watch “The State of the Arab Media: Freeing the Arab media from state control” is available in English and Arabic:
http://www.apfw.org/data/annualreports/2004/english/2004annualreport.pdf
The country page by Committee to Protect Journalists is available in English:
http://www.cpj.org/regions_07/mideast_07/mideast_07.html - iraq
Database “Journalists in Danger” with special reports and commentaries by Committee to Protect Journalists is available in English:
http://www.cpj.org/Briefings/Iraq/iraq_reports.html
The 2006 annual report by the Committee to Protect Journalists on attacks on the press in
http://www.cpj.org/attacks06/mideast06/iraq06.html
http://www.cpj.org/attacks06/lang/attacks2006arb.pdf
Other and earlier reports by the Committee to Protect Journalists are available in English:
Documents by the International Freedom of Expression eXchange are available in English and Arabic:
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/222/
http://www.hrinfo.net/ifex/alerts/iraq/
A country profile with practical information by the International News Safety Institute is available in English:
http://www.newssafety.com/hotspots/countries/iraqx.htm - Latest Developments
CPA Orders on “Iraqi Communications and media commission” and “Iraqi Public Service Broadcasting” by IJnet are available in English:
http://ijnet.org/Director.aspx?P=MediaLaws&ID=218300
http://ijnet.org/Director.aspx?P=MediaLaws&ID=218301
http://ijnet.org/Director.aspx?P=MediaLaws&ID=303242&LID=4
The annual World Press Freedom Review by the International Press Institute is available in English:
http://www.freemedia.at/cms/ipi/freedom_detail.html?country=/KW0001/KW0004/KW0093/
Other and earlier documents by the International Press Institute are available in English:
http://www.freemedia.at/cms/ipi/search.html?query=Iraq
Second report on Internet in the Arab World “Implacable adversaries: Arab Governments and the Internet” by Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (HRInfo) is available in English and Arabic:
http://www.openarab.net/en/reports/net2006/iraq.shtml
http://www.openarab.net/reports/net2006/iraq.shtml
Documents by Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (HRInfo) are available in Arabic:
The IREX Media Sustainability in the MENA region is available in English, French, and Arabic:
http://www.irex.org/programs/MSI_MENA/2005/MSI05_MENA_IRQ.pdf
http://www.irex.org/programs/MSI_MENA/2005/french/MSI_MENA05_IRQ_fr.pdf
http://www.irex.org/programs/MSI_MENA/2005/arabic/MSI05_MENA_iraq_ar.pdf
Articles in English on the website of Arab Media & Society on
“Riverbend.
http://www.arabmediasociety.org/countries/index.php?c_article=103
“Death by video phone: coverage of Saddam Hussein’s Execution”
http://www.arabmediasociety.org/countries/index.php?c_article=78
“The perfect war:
http://www.arabmediasociety.org/countries/index.php?c_article=63
The annual report by Reporters without Borders is available in English and Arabic:
http://www.rsf.org/country-43.php3?id_mot=616&Valider=OK
http://www.rsf.org/IMG/pdf/rapport_ar.pdf
A report Slaughter in
http://www.rsf.org/IMG/pdf/Survey_RSF_Iraq_06.pdf
Reporters Without Borders’ special section devoted to the war in
http://www.rsf.org/special_iraq_en.php3
The annual World Press Freedom Index by Reporters Without Borders is available in English:
http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=639
The Amnesty International Report 2007 is available in English and Arabic:
http://thereport.amnesty.org/eng/Regions/Middle-East-and-North-Africa/Iraq
http://thereport.amnesty.org/ara/Regions/Middle-East-and-North-Africa/Iraq
Other documents by Amnesty International are available in English and Arabic:
http://web.amnesty.org/library/eng-irq/index
The annual Map of Press Freedom by Freedom House is available in English:
http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=251&year=2006
2007 Annual World Report by Human Rights Watch in English and Arabic:
http://hrw.org/englishwr2k7/docs/2007/01/11/iraq14705.htm
http://hrw.org/arabic/docs/2006/12/31/iraq15113.htm
Background on the crisis in
http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/iraq/
Documents in English and Arabic by Human Rights Watch:
http://www.hrw.org/doc?t=mideast&c=iraq
Documents by International Crisis group in English and Arabic:
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=2436&l=1
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=2436&l=6
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