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Journalists covering protests in Baghdad assaulted and detained by Iraqi security forces
“Iraqi authorities should stop assaulting and detaining journalists.”
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While covering protests in Baghdad, Iraqi journalists were injured by security forces
The three journalists told CPJ they often faced such risks while reporting.