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.[1]

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.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Turkey Has Released VICE News Journalist Mohammed Rasool On Bail". Vice News. 5 January 2016.


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