Protect Iraqi Human Rights Defenders Now!

Protect Iraqi Human Rights Defenders Now! (PIHN) is a civil society campaign working to protect human rights defenders, journalists, and civic activists in Iraq. Through documentation, public reporting, solidarity statements, and advocacy, the campaign responds to threats, repression, and restrictions on freedom of expression and civic action. Its work is currently reflected and expanded through the 7oqoq Observatory, a platform dedicated to monitoring violations and supporting defenders at risk.
Visit the website: https://7oqoq.org/


Statement from Protect Iraqi HRDs, NOW! Campaign

Statement from Protect Iraqi HRDs, NOW! Campaign

We demand the immediate release of expert Jassim Al-Asadi Iraq | Baghdad 5th February, 2023 Four days ago, our colleague...

  • Environment
Urgent Appeal on Human Rights Defenders in Iraq

Urgent Appeal on Human Rights Defenders in Iraq

On 12 December, Iraqi security forces raided the home of a prominent civilian activist and human rights defender (Ammar Hamid...

  • Human Rights Defenders
Iraqi Kurdistan: GCHR’s periodic report on human rights violations in the Kurdistan Region

Iraqi Kurdistan: GCHR’s periodic report on human rights violations in the Kurdistan Region

On the 31st of August 2022, the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) has published a report that documents the...

  • Human Rights
Sinjar Cannot Endure More

Sinjar Cannot Endure More

As a campaign to protect human rights defenders, we stand in solidarity with all the legitimate demands and with all...

  • Human Rights
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
Iraqi observatory for workers and employees’ rights second annul Report

Iraqi observatory for workers and employees’ rights second annul Report

n the light of the economic circumstances Iraq is suffering from – due to the absence of a clear economic...

  • Civil Society News
Gulf Centre for Human Rights’s periodic report on human rights violations in the Kurdistan region

Gulf Centre for Human Rights’s periodic report on human rights violations in the Kurdistan region

GCHR Security forces in the Iraqi Kurdistan region continue to commit violations against civil society activists and journalists, as well...

  • Human Rights
Statement: Ensuing the Arrest Warrants Against Human Rights Defenders in Basra, WE REFUSE TO BE SILENCED!

Statement: Ensuing the Arrest Warrants Against Human Rights Defenders in Basra, WE REFUSE TO BE SILENCED!

The Iraqi provinces that witnessed angry demonstrations in October 1st, 2019, which demanded the end of corruption and nepotism in...

  • Protect Iraqi Human Rights Defenders Now!
The Post-Elections Situation of the Human Rights Defenders in Iraq

The Post-Elections Situation of the Human Rights Defenders in Iraq

Over the past years, Iraqis have been victims of all the political, economic, social, and sectarian tensions facing the country....

  • Human Rights
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
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