New Draft Law Threatens Freedom of Expression on the Internet
Iraqi Women Journalist Forum and Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative – 28 August 2017 On 26 August 2017, the Iraqi...
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Free and Open Public Discourse in Iraqi Kurdistan is Under Threat
Human rights report by Christian Peacemaker Team, August 2017 (Full report can be downloaded in pdf here) Current situation surrounding...
Newly-Founded Kurdistan Social Forum is Offering Legal Support to Activists
In advance of its first annual event later this year the Kurdistan Social Forum (KSF), founded in September 2016, is...
Activists Convince Parliament to Withdraw a Law on Freedom of Expression, But Iraqis’ Rights are Still Threatened!
Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative, 23 May 2017 Iraqi civil society activists successfully pressured the Iraqi parliament to withdraw its...
Civil Society Demands Accountability for the Kidnapping and Torture of 7 Students in Baghdad – International Solidarity Needed Now
Very early in the morning of May 8th, an armed group wearing civilian clothes and driving an SUV with tinted...
Hanaa Edwar:A Defender of Human Rights & Freedom of Expression
GULF Center for Human Rights (Cairo, Beirut – 16 May 2017) The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI),...
Iraqi Activists Demand Those Who Abducted 7 Students because of their Civil Activism be Held Accountable – International Solidarity is Needed
Update: The Seven students have been released a day after they have been abducted, however, no concrete steps have been taken...
Report “Freedom of Expression in Iraqi Kurdistan Region in 2016”
In the Kurdistan region of Iraq, freedom of expression have been violated in different ways, under the domestic laws,...
Women Human Rights Defender’s Conditions in Iraq
Baghdad On Sunday 10 December 2016, International Day of Human Rights Defenders, the Iraqi Women’s Journalist Forum and the...
Four Injured During Baghdad Protest About Journalist’s Abduction
Latest update on this news: Journalist Afrah Shawqi was released in the 3rd of January 2017 – 9 days after...
The Reality of Women Human Rights Defenders in Iraq at the End Of 2016
Nibras Al-Maamouri – Head of the Iraqi Women Journalists Forum (IWJF) Since 2003, Iraqi women have worked tirelessly...
Two Iraqi Journalists Killed in Past Few Days
Reporters Without Borders Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the dangerous climate for media personnel in Iraq, and urges the authorities...