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...
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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...
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...
The Minorities and Cultural Diversity Path in the Iraqi Social Forum Conducts Training for a Group of Young Activists
On the ninth of September 2021, the Iraqi Social Forum’s Minorities and Cultural Diversity Path conducted training on social diversity...
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...
Iraq: GCHR Mourns the Loss of Prominent Human Rights Defender Fatima Al-Bahadli’s Son Ali, Murdered in Basra
GCHR The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) expresses its deep sorrow about the murder of Ali Karim, the 26-year-old son...
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...
Al-Wazani’s Killing Sparks a New Wave of Protests to Demand Justice for the Victims of the October Uprising
Iraqi activist Ihab Al-Wazni on Sunday, 9th of May, became a new victim in a wave of targeted killings in...
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....
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...
Iraq Finally Makes Arrests Over Killing of Anti-Government Protestors
al-monitor Iraqi security forces arrested four suspects for allegedly killing Iraqi protesters and activists. Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi announced...
10 Years of Solidarity in Action!
Arabic | عربي Acting together, we grow stronger and do more! Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative Conference for Strategic Planning...