Mohammed Rasool
Iraqi-Kurdish journalist

Mohammed Rasool

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Iraqi-Kurdish journalist
Gender:
Male
Places:
Iraq
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Journalist
Work field:
Journalism
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Mohammed Rasool was arrested with two British colleagues who were released after 11 days. Photograph: Vice Media.

Mohammed Ismael Rasool (Arabic: محمداسماعيل رسول) is an Iraqi-Kurdish journalist who was held in a maximum security prison from 27 August 2015 to 5 January 2016. He was released on bail.

Rasool was initially detained for his reporting on Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) with Vice journalists Jake Hanrahan and Philip Pendlebury, but they were released on 3 September.