IMCK 5 years

IMCK celebrated her fifth birthday on a sunny Thursday afternoon with balloons and cake.

For more pictures of the party, take a look on Facebook.

There are stories to be told

After an intense training week, the Storymaker training in Erbil came to an end. The nearly twenty participants went home to practice what they have learned.

The training was all about the application Storymaker with which you can make items with your mobile phone. It is all about the combination of image, sound and a good story!

After a month the participants will return to IMCK and we will discuss the stories they have been making.
We can't wait to see what they come up with! Good luck to all storymakers!
More pictures of this training can be found on Facebook.

KirkukNow reporter released

As published on KirkukNow.com on 25-04-2013:
Moments ago, the Kirkuk Now reporter in Hawija, Yassin Abdulrazaq Ahmad was freed with a number of other detainees, after they have been handed over to the Hawija police by the military.

One of the family members of Yassin Abdulrazaq confirmed Yassin’s release along with the other detainees.
Yassin Abdularazq Ahmad has been working for Kirkuk Now since its establishment, and he was arrested on April 20 by military forces before the attack on the demonstrator’s camp in Hawija on Tuesday, April 23.
Apart from repetitive attempts by Kirkuk Now’s administration for freeing the reporter through concerned parties, Kirkuk Now published announcements saying “Yassin Abdulrazaq has been illegally arrested without the court’s order by forces of the 12th division of the Iraqi army, and the act was in violation of the human rights and global journalists’ regulations.”