Nalia Radio and Television

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NRT
Station logo
TV station ( private law )
Program type Sector program (news)
reception Satellite , satellite radio
Image resolution 1080i ( HDTV )
Start of transmission 02/17/2011
language Kurdish , Arabic
Seat Sulaimaniyya , Kurdistan , Iraq
owner Nalia Group
executive Director Shaswar Abdulwahid
List of TV channels
Website

Nalia Radio and Television , NRT for short (regional NRT TV ; formerly Nalia TV ) is a Kurdish news broadcaster based in Sulaimaniyya . It is the first independent television station in the Kurdistan Autonomous Region . Founded in 2010 by freelance journalists, NRT is part of Nalia Media Corporation.

history

The news channel NRT started operations on February 17, 2011 under the name Nalia TV as the first independent Kurdish news channel in the autonomous region of Kurdistan. After three days of broadcasting, the NRT branch in Sulaimaniyya ( Kurdish Slemanî ) was attacked by around fifty armed, unknown people. The attack took place during demonstrations against the Barzani government and is linked to them. NRT was the only news channel reporting on it at the time. In this attack, the television studio was burned down and a security guard was injured. There was no clearing up of the case.

In another attack by strangers on an NRT broadcasting station on October 27, 2013, the managing director, Shaswar Abdulwahid, was shot and seriously injured in a drive-by shoot . He survived the attack and promised to continue broadcasting.

NRT has had a partnership with the international broadcaster Voice of America since August 2014 . For this purpose, the Kurd Connection program was created by the two broadcasters. The program, which is broadcast on Sundays and is supervised by VOA Kurdish ( Kurdish Dengê Amerîka , “Voice of America”), is intended to reproduce the reactions of American politics to events in Iraq .

On October 10, 2015, Asayîş security forces forced NRT to close its offices in Erbil and Duhok . At the time, NRT reported on the protests of the citizens in Sulaimaniyya. They demonstrated for civil servants' outstanding salaries that were not paid by the Kurdistan Regional Government for several months. Five people died in these protests, according to Human Rights Watch . The employees of NRT were urged to leave their jobs by security forces who are said to be close to the Democratic Party of Kurdistan (DPK). Some of them were deported to Sulaimaniyya , according to Ramen Gareb, chairman of the non-governmental organization Metro Center. According to Kawa Abdulkader, the head of the NRT office in Erbil, the reason for the closure of the offices was the intensification of the political crisis and the support of the opposition. At the same time, the offices of KNN TV and the Gorran radio station were also closed. The managing director of Reporters Without Borders , Christian Mihr, criticized the attacks on journalists in this context: "The authorities in all parts of Iraq have a duty to protect journalists from attacks, whoever the perpetrators are." NRT resume broadcasting.

One office was closed again on January 26, 2019 in Dohuk. The lockdown followed after the broadcaster reported a rush by residents of the city of Sheladize on a Turkish military base in northern Iraq . Previously , four Kurdish civilians from Sheladize were killed in a Turkish military offensive, which according to the government of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) should apply. This triggered a protest from the population. During this protest the military base located there was set on fire and there were riots between the townspeople and the soldiers. Two civilians died and fifteen others were injured during the riot. The Turkish soldiers cleared the military base. NRT followed the events live and broadcast them on the Internet and television. When the protests were ended by Peshmerga units, NRT reported on in Dohuk and interviewed some of those involved. Thereafter, the television station's team that was on duty was detained for several hours by security forces from the regional government and their equipment was confiscated. At a press conference in Erbil, the Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan, Nêçîrvan Barzanî , saw the presence of the Kurdistan Workers' Party in northern Iraq as the main cause of the deadly events. The central government in Baghdad, on the other hand, condemned the Turkish interventions in northern Iraq and appointed the Turkish ambassador. She criticized Turkey for violating Iraq's sovereignty. The Committee for the Protection of Journalists (CPJ), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and Reporters Without Borders condemned the dealings of the Kurdistan Regional Government with NRT journalists. The IFJ announced in its press release that the freedom of information in Kurdistan should be respected by the authorities and security forces. The CPJ asked the ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party to return the confiscated equipment from the television team and to reopen the NRT office in Dohuk. In addition, journalists should be allowed to do their work freely.

reception

NRT can be digitally received via satellite from NileSat at 7.0 ° West, with a vertical polarization and a frequency of 12521, with a symbol rate of 27500. The signal is sent in high definition video format and can also be viewed accordingly via a live stream.

Web links

Commons : NRT  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ About (NRT English). In: www.nrttv.com. Nalia Media Corporation, accessed December 4, 2015 ("About" page of the television station).
  2. ↑ David Romano, Mehmet Gurses: Conflict, Democratization, and the Kurds in the Middle East: Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria . Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-1-137-40999-7 ( google.de [accessed on January 29, 2019]).
  3. ↑ Independent Kurdish Nalia NRT TV burnt down while carrying reports on Sulaimaniyah events. In: ekurd.net. Ekurd Daily, February 20, 2011, accessed December 4, 2015 .
  4. ^ Anti-government protests in Sulaimaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan, 2 killed, 47 wounded. In: ekurd.net. February 17, 2011, accessed December 4, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Gunmen torch Iraqi TV station that showed protest. In: USATODAY.COM. USA Today , February 20, 2011; accessed December 4, 2015 .
  6. ^ Thomas Hill, Alex Munoz: Finding Peace in Iraq . tape 2 . Lulu.com, 2014, ISBN 978-1-312-64494-6 , pp. 92 ( google.com [accessed December 4, 2015]).
  7. ↑ Thomas Hill, Alex Munoz: Finding Peace in Iraq Vol 2 . 2014, ISBN 978-1-312-64494-6 ( google.de [accessed on January 29, 2019]).
  8. ↑ Dengê Amerîka. In: Voice of America . Retrieved on December 7, 2015 (Kurdish, VOA website).
  9. ^ VOA Partners with NRT TV in Iraqi Kurdistan. In: VOA. Retrieved December 7, 2015 .
  10. ↑ Iraqi Kurdish authorities shut down NRT, KNN TV offices in Erbil, Duhok. In: Kurd Net - Ekurd.net Daily News. Retrieved December 4, 2015 (American English).
  11. ^ Raids and attacks by Kurdish security forces against journalists in Northern Iraq. In: finanzen.net. October 19, 2015, accessed December 4, 2015 .
  12. ↑ Human Rights Watch | 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor | New York, NY 10118-3299 USA | t 1.212.290.4700: Iraqi Kurdistan: Ruling Party Forces Fire on Protesters. October 21, 2015, accessed January 28, 2019 .
  13. ^ One dead after protesters storm Turkish military camp in north ... In: Reuters . January 27, 2019 ( reuters.com [accessed January 28, 2019]).
  14. ^ Protesters storm Turkish military camp in Iraq's Kurdish region. Retrieved January 28, 2019 .
  15. ^ Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com): Kurdish protesters storm Turkish military base in Iraq | DW | 01/27/2019. Retrieved January 28, 2019 (UK English).
  16. ↑ Nalia Corporation: All members of NRT team released after being arrested while covering protest Duhok. Retrieved January 28, 2019 .
  17. ↑ Nalia Corporation: PKK presence reason for Civilians' deaths in Turkish airstrikes, says KRG PM. Retrieved January 28, 2019 .
  18. ^ Inga Rogg: Kurds storm Turkish military base in northern Iraq . January 27, 2019, ISSN  0376-6829 ( nzz.ch [accessed January 28, 2019]).
  19. ↑ Mohammed Ebraheem: Iraq summons Turkish envoy over bombardment of Kurdish town. January 27, 2019, accessed on January 28, 2019 .
  20. ^ A b Committee to Protect Journalists 330 7th Avenue, 11th Floor New York, Ny 10001: Security forces detain TV crews and shut down broadcaster's office in Iraqi Kurdistan. Retrieved January 29, 2019 .
  21. ↑ a b Iraq: 7 journalists attacked by Kurdish security forces. In: ifj.org. International Federation of Journalists , January 29, 2019, accessed January 29, 2019 .
  22. ↑ NRT frequency - بەم شێوەیە فرکوێنسییە نوێیەکەى NRT لە رسیڤەرەکانتاندا سەیڤبکەن. In: nrttv.com. Nalia Media Corporation, accessed December 7, 2015 (Kurdish, NRT frequency for digital reception via satellite).
  23. ↑ NRT Live Stream. In: nrttv.com. Retrieved December 7, 2015 .