Iraq · Medical treatment and mutual aid

The gap between funding and those interviewed

Three reported figures trace the path from a government allocation to the union’s announced recipients and the journalists interviewed for this investigation.

01 / Allocation

5billion Iraqi dinars

Allocated by the Cabinet

Funding for medical treatment and mutual aid through the Journalists’ Union.

02 / Announced list

50journalists

Named as eligible

The Union announced an eligibility list in July 2026.

03 / Investigation check

0interviewed journalists

Appeared on that list

None of the injured journalists interviewed for the investigation appeared among the 50 names.

What the comparison shows: The published eligibility list did not include any of the injured journalists interviewed for the investigation. It does not, on its own, establish why they were absent or whether they qualified under the grant’s rules.

Source: ARIJ investigation ↗ and figures supplied for this graphic. Figures represent different measures; bar length or area is not used to imply a shared denominator.