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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
Five Duhok detainees to be released: lawyer

Five Duhok detainees to be released: lawyer

Rudaw ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Five of the detainees from Duhok whose cases prompted an international outcry from media watchdogs,...

  • Freedom of Expression
GCHR’s Periodic Report on Human Rights Violations in the Kurdistan Region

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...

  • Freedom of Expression
Fears of Disappearance of the Lower Zab in 2030

Fears of Disappearance of the Lower Zab in 2030

Water levels in the lower Zab is reduced by 5 cm/day and the banks of the river decrease by 30...

  • Anti-Dams Actions
Appeal for International Solidarity to Protect Freedom of Expression in Iraq

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
Gender-Specific Training Helps Women Entrepreneurs in Vulnerable Economies

Gender-Specific Training Helps Women Entrepreneurs in Vulnerable Economies

Al-Fanar Media why do we need gender-specific entrepreneuship programs? The question is posed by the economist Sara Cantillon, director of...

  • Civil Society News
Periodic Report by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights on Human Rights Violations in the Kurdistan Region

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...

  • Freedom of Expression
President Barham Saleh: What is Happening in Hrour and Bativa in the Kurdistan Region is Inhumane Practices

President Barham Saleh: What is Happening in Hrour and Bativa in the Kurdistan Region is Inhumane Practices

President Barham Saleh on Thursday called the displacement of civilians from their homes and logging in some areas of the...

  • End Cross-Border Bombings
Freedom of Expression Under Attack in KRI Government Court

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”,...

  • Freedom of Expression
Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Flawed Trial of Journalists, Activists

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...

  • Freedom of Expression
Turkish Planes Launch Two Raids Near a Village in Aqra District of Dohuk

Turkish Planes Launch Two Raids Near a Village in Aqra District of Dohuk

Rudaw Turkish warplanes launched two consecutive raids, near the village of Membri in dinara district of Aqra district in Dohuk province....

  • End Cross-Border Bombings
Appeal Upon the Launch of an International Campaign “End Cross-Boarder Bombings in Iraqi Kurdistan”

Appeal Upon the Launch of an International Campaign “End Cross-Boarder Bombings in Iraqi Kurdistan”

The Christian Peacemaker Team-Iraqi Kurdistan (CPT-IK), the Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI), and the Kurdistan Social Forum (KSF) call...

  • End Cross-Border Bombings