US Consulate: We will continue to support media freedom

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Kurdistan Newspaper, the first Kurdish newspaper.

The US Consulate General in Erbil published a message on the occasion of Kurdish Press Day, expressing support to media freedom free, fair, and professional news coverage, and access to public information in the Kurdistan Region.

The US Consulate General in Erbil said in a Facebook post on Saturday, April 22, 2023:

"Today we celebrate Kurdish Press Day, which honors the vital role of the media in every democracy.  As President Biden said, “The work of free and independent media matters now more than ever.”  We will continue to support media freedom, free, fair, and professional news coverage, and access to public information in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, and we honor all those journalists who continue taking great risks to bring meaningful news coverage to the people of the IKR. "



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