The role of visual media in protecting the rights of minorities in Iraq after 2003

This study  has  aimed   to  investigate and activate the role of the media, especially in introducing and protecting minorities, forming a public opinion to preserve their rights, attending  their voice and problems, eyeing media institutions of  minorities, introducing  Human rights, promoting  the  culture of respect them, and indicating  the violations that minorities in Iraq may be exposed to.

  This study was  carried out  by  the descriptive- analytical method. The interview was used as  the  tool of  gathering data which is one of the most important qualitative research tools, as it allows the author to poll the respondents.

  The study problem included the following question: What is the role of visual media in protecting the rights of minorities in Iraq after 2003?

  This study found that the Iraqi visual media is unable to form a public opinion in order to stand with them, protect them define it, and demand its rights. In addition, they    do not know the rights of minorities after 2003, who suffered from injustice, marginalization, displacement. Although the performance of visual media institutions varied,  this is related to the policy and management of each channel.  The minorities after 2003 lack influence and property, so they are rarely able to fund programs or to  support  their own channels, and there is a major imbalance at the legislative level of laws that protect the media in freedom  of  expression and opinion.  Leaders, managers and representatives of these institutes  eye  channels  that enjoy funds and support to express their positions and demand their rights.  Also , there  is  no  comprehensive vision in the issue of addressing the problems of minorities in Iraq.

  Accordingly, the study recommends  that the internal and external problems  that minorities are subjected to along the geographical area of ​​Iraq  should  be  attended  without distinguishing between one minority and another; the media content that deals with the problems faced with minorities  should  be  increased ; solutions  should  be  considered away from bias; there  should  be  opportunity  for  representatives of minorities and influential figures to appear in  the  parliament;  the barriers between these minorities and the majority should  be  removed in Iraq; the ambitions of some political regimes that seek to influence through these minorities to Iraqi society by putting forward the titles of rights , separation and autonomy  which  is the beginning  of  the division of the country and its  control.