On 16 August 2026 iNEWS (KSS — affiliated) said it was covering medical-profession graduates’ demonstrations for appointments and that protesters faced assaults and beatings, then aired a graduate representative after the day’s assault and a package stating that forty demonstrations were mostly repression and assaults. Al-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) separately relayed Hussein al-Darraji (Hoquq — KH) calling the forced dispersal of a peaceful demonstration a catastrophe. No press report in the collected window independently recorded the scale of the demonstrations or the alleged beatings.
- iNEWSKSS — affiliated16 Aug, 22:53
“iNEWS is covering the demonstrations of medical-profession graduates demanding appointment and the protesters being exposed to assaults and beating.”
آي نيوز تواكب تظاهرات خريجي المهن الطبية للمطالبة بالتعيين وتعرض المتظاهرين للاعتداءات والضرب
- Al-Nujaba TVNujaba — official16 Aug, 23:01
“The catastrophe is dispersing the peaceful demonstration by force.”
الكارثه ، تفريق المظاهره السلميه بالقوة
- iNEWSKSS — affiliated16 Aug, 23:33
“We did not cry billions in barrels and we do not have gold bars; a graduate representative speaks after they were assaulted today.”
ما بكنا مليارات بالبراميل ولا عدنا سبائك ذهب.. ممثل الخريجين يصرح بعد الاعتداء عليهم اليوم
- iNEWSKSS — affiliated16 Aug, 23:33
“Forty demonstrations, most of them repression and assaults; a graduate representative explains the tragedy.”
40 تظاهرة أغلبها قمع واعتداءات.. ممثل الخريجون يشرح المأساة
Carriage split on the same protest day: KSS spoke in its outlet’s voice, and Nujaba’s official channel carried a Hoquq deputy’s words.