Media College to open next year – Chairman of Iraqi Journalists Syndicate

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Chairman of the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate, Moayad al-Lamy, has said on Wednesday that the Ministry of Higher Education has agreed to open a Technical Media Collage in Iraq in the next Academic Year, expressing his gratitude to the Iraqi Parliament for completing its second reading of the Iraqi Journalists Protection Law. Lamy’s points were announced in his speech in a celebration on the 142nd Anniversary of Iraqi Journalism, attended by the Official Spokesman of the Iraqi government, Ali al-Dabbagh and the Spokesman for the Baghdad Operations, Qassem Ata. “The Ministry of Higher Education has agreed to open the Technical Media Collage in the next Academic Year, to become a venue for the improvement of the technical potentials of the Iraqi journalists, along with its intention to develop the Media College to become a school for Iraqi journalists,” Lamy said in his speech. Lamy expressed solidarity with what he described as “front-line journalists,” who he said have been honored for their role and sacrifices in serving the journalistic mission. This includes Journalist and Writer Juma’ al-Lamy, who carried several Arab awards, the family of Martyr, Mohammed Bu-Azizy, who gave great lessons in the field of active journalism, Journalist Jawad Kadhem, Al-Arabiya TV Channel’s Correspondent, who continues to work despite his injury during his activity, the Guardian Correspondent in Iraq, Gheith Abdul-Ahad, and al-Jazeera Channel’s Correspondent, who were detained in Libya, for whose release the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate had exerted extensive efforts. “We shall strive to secure the freedom of press and to enable the information to be made public, without demanding the journalist to announce its source, under a democratic system,” Lamy said. SKH (TI)/SR 348