Iraq: GCHR’s 14th Periodic Report on Human Rights Violations During Popular Protests

Iraq: GCHR’s 14th Periodic Report on Human Rights Violations During Popular Protests

GCHR This is the 14th periodic report of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) on human rights violations in Iraq....

  • Freedom of Expression
Why Turkey Should Stay Out of Sinjar

Why Turkey Should Stay Out of Sinjar

European Council on Foreign Relations (ecfr.eu) There is growing fear in Iraq of a potential Turkish military incursion to drive...

  • End Cross-Border Bombings
Special Report: The Rights of Workers and Employees in Iraq

Special Report: The Rights of Workers and Employees in Iraq

On the Occasion of May 1st, 2021, International Labor Day Introduction:   Iraq faces major economic challenges as a result...

  • Social and Economic Rights
Iranian Environmentalists Mark International Day Against Water Transfer

Iranian Environmentalists Mark International Day Against Water Transfer

Iranian environmentalists annually celebrate the International Day Against Water Transfer on 17 April, or 28 Favardin, according to the Persian...

  • Environment
Iraq Covid Hospital Fire: 82 Dead After ‘Oxygen Tank Explodes’

Iraq Covid Hospital Fire: 82 Dead After ‘Oxygen Tank Explodes’

BBC At least 82 people have been killed in a fire at a hospital treating coronavirus patients in the capital...

  • Civil Society News
Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Flawed Trial of Journalists, Activists

Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Flawed Trial of Journalists, Activists

Human Rights Watch Appeals Court Should Consider Flagrant Irregularities (Beirut) – A court in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq sentenced three journalists...

  • Freedom of Expression
Turkish Planes Launch Two Raids Near a Village in Aqra District of Dohuk

Turkish Planes Launch Two Raids Near a Village in Aqra District of Dohuk

Rudaw Turkish warplanes launched two consecutive raids, near the village of Membri in dinara district of Aqra district in Dohuk province....

  • End Cross-Border Bombings
Sports Against Violence-Iraq Holds Its Second Conference

Sports Against Violence-Iraq Holds Its Second Conference

Under the slogan “We build, renew, and continue to progress”, the second conference of Sports Against Violence—Iraq (SAVI) took place...

  • Sports Against Violence
Iraq’s Maritime Heritage Finds a Haven in the Classroom

Iraq’s Maritime Heritage Finds a Haven in the Classroom

Al-Fanar Media When he first glided through the Euphrates as a child in his grandfather’s “tarada,” a traditional Mesopotamian boat,...

  • Heritage
Iraq, US to Resume New Round of Strategic Dialogue

Iraq, US to Resume New Round of Strategic Dialogue

Al-Monitor Iraq and the US have agreed to resume strategic talks over their mutual relationship and further US troop withdrawals....

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Iraqi President Says Early Elections Will Go Ahead Despite Insecurity

Iraqi President Says Early Elections Will Go Ahead Despite Insecurity

The National News Iraq is on track to hold national elections in October, but the road will be difficult as...

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Message from Humat Dijlah and Save the Tigris on the Occasion of World Water Day

Message from Humat Dijlah and Save the Tigris on the Occasion of World Water Day

Today the world celebrates World Water Day, representing a global opportunity to review water resource management policies and our consumption...

  • Environment