KURDISTAN’S PYD KEEPS THE MEDIA AND NEWS PROVIDERS IN LINE

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Reporters Without Borders is extremely concerned about the significant deterioration in freedom of information in areas controlled by the Democratic Union Party (PYD). The organization is aware of the security problems in the region as the conflict in Syria drags on and the civilian population comes under threat from Jihadi groups. However, as the authority responsible for that part of the country, it is the role of the PYD to ensure basic freedoms, including freedom of information, are respected.

However, the creation of the Union of Free Media looks like the establishment of a kind of information ministry. Furthermore, the organization has registered a growing number of abuses perpetrated against Syrian news providers, mainly by the Asayish (security forces) and the YPG (people’s protection units, i.e. the armed wing of the Supreme Kurdish Committee, also alleged to be the armed wing of the PYD).

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