Iraq’s Kurdish region is not a model for free speech
The continuing crackdown on press freedom in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq is threatening its democratic future.
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The continuing crackdown on press freedom in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq is threatening its democratic future.