SULAIMANI, Iraq’s Kurdistan region,— A female Kurdish journalist from Kurdistan TV, which is close to KDP party, was hospitalized on Thursday after Kurdish security PUK forces attacked her while she was covering a football match in the city of Sulaimani.

The Metro Center for Journalists’ Rights and Advocacy said violations against media freedom are on the rise in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region.

“Our sports reporter Nashmil Mohammed was prevented from filming and covering the match and attacked by security forces,” said Hoshyar Aziz, the head of Kurdistan TV’s office in Sulaimani, cited by Metro Center.

Mohammed is now in a coma at Sulaimani Emergency Hospital, Aziz told the advocacy center.

The journalist’s mother confirmed to NRT her daughter is still in a coma. Other journalists were reportedly attacked as well.

Sulaimani province is under control of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan PUK.

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