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Iraqi Kurdistan Records 119 New Coronavirus Cases, 9 Deaths: Health Ministry

Iraqi Kurdistan Records 119 New Coronavirus Cases, 9 Deaths: Health Ministry

EKurd Kurdistan Regional Government KRG’s Health Ministry announced in a statement on Tuesday that 119 new cases of coronavirus were...

  • Civil Society News
Baghdad Acid Attack Survivor Recounts Traumatic Incident

Baghdad Acid Attack Survivor Recounts Traumatic Incident

Rudaw Maryam Rukabi, 16, dreamed of a career in media after completing her education. She did not know that refusing...

  • Civil Society News
The Environment on the Border Areas in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq has been Greatly Damaged, Due to Continuous Bombardment

The Environment on the Border Areas in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq has been Greatly Damaged, Due to Continuous Bombardment

With the decades-long bombardment on the border areas of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) by Iran and Turkey, the...

  • End Cross-Border Bombings
UNHCR Holds Event Against Gender-Based Violence in Erbil

UNHCR Holds Event Against Gender-Based Violence in Erbil

K24 ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and UN partner organizations, including UN WFP, SWEDO UNFPA,...

  • Women Rights
Iraq Flies Hundreds Back From Belarus Border as EU adds Sanctions

Iraq Flies Hundreds Back From Belarus Border as EU adds Sanctions

Al-Monitor Iraq has brought back over 400 of its citizens who chose repatriation after weeks stranded in dire conditions on...

  • Civil Society News
The Youth Movements and the Last Elections in Iraq: From the Square of Nasiriyah to the Iraqi Parliament

The Youth Movements and the Last Elections in Iraq: From the Square of Nasiriyah to the Iraqi Parliament

“We are entering the Green Zone and crossing the Al-Jumhuriya bridge, in memory of the martyrs of the October 2019...

  • Civil Society News
The Suffering of Kurdish Migrants Intensifies Amid a Standoff on the Poland-Belarus Border

The Suffering of Kurdish Migrants Intensifies Amid a Standoff on the Poland-Belarus Border

A rain cloud arrived in the Belarus-Poland border sky on the night of November 8, hours after hundreds of migrants...

  • Civil Society News
The Climate Crisis is a Human Rights Crisis

The Climate Crisis is a Human Rights Crisis

HRW Rights Should be at Center of COP26 Climate Deliberations As world leaders gather in Glasgow for the United Nations Climate...

  • Climate Change
Iraq: Yezidi Reparations Law Progress Welcome, but More Must be Done to Assist Survivors

Iraq: Yezidi Reparations Law Progress Welcome, but More Must be Done to Assist Survivors

New regulations passed by Iraq’s parliament in September on the Yazidi Survivors Law mark long-overdue progress for many who suffered...

  • Minorities and IDPs
Into Thin Air: New Report by Save the Tigris Examines Evaporation Losses From Dam Reservoirs in Iraq

Into Thin Air: New Report by Save the Tigris Examines Evaporation Losses From Dam Reservoirs in Iraq

Iraq is facing a mounting water crisis. With temperatures rising, drought conditions becoming more extreme, and riparian states further restricting...

  • Anti-Dams Actions
Militias Protest After Losses in Iraqi Election

Militias Protest After Losses in Iraqi Election

al-monitor The results of Iraq’s Oct. 10 parliamentary elections came as a shock to political parties affiliated with the Popular...

  • Civil Society News
GCHR Activities During UN Human Rights Council’s 48th Session

GCHR Activities During UN Human Rights Council’s 48th Session

GCHR The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) was involved in various advocacy activities during the 48th session of the United...

  • Human Rights