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....
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Officially, ICSSI’s Conference 2022: Starting Over from Solidarity!
The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative is happy to invite you to participate in its 11th International Conference Starting Over from Solidarity, which...
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...
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...
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...
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 Under Attack in KRI Government Court
Journalists and activists Sherwan Sherwani, Guhdar Zebari, Ayaz Karam, Shvan Saeed Omar and Hariwan Issa, known as the “Badinan journalists”,...
Statement: “Protect Iraqi Human Rights Defenders NOW!”
A joint statement of the ICSSI and the newly launched campaign “Protect Iraqi HRDs NOW!“ on the sentences imposed on...
Iraqi Kurdistan Sentenced 5 Journalists and Activists to 6 Years in Prison
kirkuknow Erbil court sentenced five journalists and civil activists from Erbil and Duhok for charges of “spying and attempts of...
A Journalist Remains Imprisoned in the Kurdistan Region
Sherwan Sherwani, a freelance journalist, is still imprisoned in the Kurdistan Region after Asayish forces arrested him more than two...
GCHR’s Tenth Periodic Report on Violations During Popular Demonstrations
Gulf Centre for Human Rights This is the tenth periodic report of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) about...
Parliament Moves to Pass a “Cybercrimes Law” Protesters March Denouncing the “Law to Silence Expression”
After failing to pass a cybercrimes law during the governments of al-Maliki, al-Abadi and Abdul-Mahdi, the Iraqi parliament is trying...