Iraq: Gruesome String of Fatalities as New Tear Gas Grenades Pierce Protesters’ Skulls
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A Call to Release the Detainees of the Peaceful Protest Movement in Iraq
Iraqi organizations and unions call for the release of detained activists of the peaceful protest movement in Iraq. The names...
Iraq: Educators Join Nationwide Demonstration
Education International The Iraqi Teachers’ Union called for a four-day strike starting on 28 October in solidarity with demonstrators urging...
Crowds of Students Flood the Streets of Baghdad Despite Government Threats and Curfew
AFP Army forces in charge of Baghdad announced a daily curfew (lasting from midnight to 6am) as thousands of students...
Iraqis Have the Right to Protest for Better Lives, Repression and Intimidation of Human Rights Defenders Must End
On 1 October a new phase of social protests started in Iraq, this time authentic, spontaneous and very difficult for...
A Call to Release Detainees of the Peaceful Protest Movement in Iraq
At dawn on 27 October 2019, in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, unidentified persons raided the homes of a...
The October Demonstrations in Iraq Raise Questions about the Credibility of Its Democracy, a New Report Monitors Violations Against the Demonstrators
How did the demonstrations in Iraq begin? Who started the protests? Why are they happening now? What was the government’s...
The Fallujah Council for Social Cohesion Discusses Freedom of Expression in Anbar after Liberation from Daesh
On 21 September, the Fallujah Council for Social Cohesion together with the Freedom of Expression masar (path) held a panel...
Iraq: Lethal Force Used Against Protesters
Attacks on Fleeing Demonstrators, Ambulances, Media Human Rights Watch (Beirut) – Iraqi security forces have used excessive and unnecessary lethal force in...
Iraq: Authorities must immediately rein in security forces and protect freedoms of assembly and expression
Amnesty International The Iraqi government must immediately order security forces to stop using excessive, including lethal, force against protesters and...
Iraqi journalists blacklist politicians who attack them
Al-MONITOR Mustafa Saadoun Some Iraqi journalists are attempting to limit repeated attacks against them in peaceful and legal ways in...
Meet the Iraqi Activists Who Are Standing Up for the Environment
Water Fannack Author: Sara Manisera Reviewer : Juliane Schillinger The year 2018 was marked by a severe drought in Iraq, a formerly water-rich...