Freedoms


Hanaa Edwar speech – in front of the United Nations Security Council

Hanaa Edwar speech – in front of the United Nations Security Council

“As a defender of human rights and an activist for many years in iraq. I worked with my colleagues tirelessly...

  • Democracy
THE FALL OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL HIGH CEILINGS ON THE FREEDOM OF JOURNALISTIC WORK IN IRAQ

THE FALL OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL HIGH CEILINGS ON THE FREEDOM OF JOURNALISTIC WORK IN IRAQ

Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq World Press Freedom Day The annual monitoring Efforts of the Press Freedom  Advocacy Association...

  • Civil Society News
On World Press Freedom Day

On World Press Freedom Day

A Glimpse of Its Reality in Iraq Ever since the member of English Parliament Edmund Burke (1729-1797) stood in the...

  • Civil Society News
Five Duhok detainees to be released: lawyer

Five Duhok detainees to be released: lawyer

Rudaw ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Five of the detainees from Duhok whose cases prompted an international outcry from media watchdogs,...

  • Freedom of Expression
GCHR’s 19th Periodic Report on Human Rights Violations in Iraq

GCHR’s 19th Periodic Report on Human Rights Violations in Iraq

GCHR This is the nineteenth periodic report issued by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) since January 2020, documenting...

  • Freedoms
GCHR’s Periodic Report on Human Rights Violations in the Kurdistan Region

GCHR’s Periodic Report on Human Rights Violations in the Kurdistan Region

GCHR Authorities in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq continue to violate freedom of expression and freedom of peaceful assembly by...

  • Freedom of Expression
Iraqi Kurdish Court Extends Journalist Omed Baroshky’s Prison Sentence by 1 Year

Iraqi Kurdish Court Extends Journalist Omed Baroshky’s Prison Sentence by 1 Year

CPJ New York, September 23, 2021 — In response to an Erbil court’s ruling today to extend the imprisonment of...

  • Freedom of Expression
GCHR’s 18th Periodic Report on Human Rights Violations in Iraq

GCHR’s 18th Periodic Report on Human Rights Violations in Iraq

GCHR The first anniversary marked a prominent WHRD’s assassination    The first anniversary of the assassination of a prominent woman human rights defender, nutrition...

  • Freedom of Expression
October Protestors Displaced to Erbil: Some People Sold Us to the Parties in the Power

October Protestors Displaced to Erbil: Some People Sold Us to the Parties in the Power

Since October 1, 2019, nearly two years ago, young Iraqis have taken to the streets and asked the government to...

  • Civil Society News
Iraq: GCHR’s 17th Periodic Report on Human Rights Violations in Iraq

Iraq: GCHR’s 17th Periodic Report on Human Rights Violations in Iraq

GCHR Introduction This is the seventeenth report of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) which covers the reality of...

  • Freedom of Expression
Appeal for International Solidarity to Protect Freedom of Expression in Iraq

Appeal for International Solidarity to Protect Freedom of Expression in Iraq

24 June 2021 The “Protect Iraqi Human Rights Defenders Now!” campaign supports freedom of expression and freedom of the press...

  • Freedom of Expression
Periodic Report by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights on Human Rights Violations in the Kurdistan Region

Periodic Report by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights on Human Rights Violations in the Kurdistan Region

GCHR The Kurdistan Region of Iraq has witnessed continuous violations in the field of human rights, in particular freedom of...

  • Freedom of Expression