Kurdistan


Joint Statement: Serious Escalation in Sulaymaniyah and Suppression of Freedom of Expression and Assembly

Joint Statement: Serious Escalation in Sulaymaniyah and Suppression of Freedom of Expression and Assembly

June 26, 2025 The Protect Iraqi Human Rights Defenders Now (PIHN) campaign and the Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI) express deep concern over...

  • Freedom of Expression
GCHR’s periodic report on human rights violations in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region

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

18 March 2025: The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has published its periodic report on human rights violations in...

  • Civil Society News
End Cross Border Bombing Campaign: Revealing Civilian Casualties in Turkish Military Operations in Northern Iraq (2022)

End Cross Border Bombing Campaign: Revealing Civilian Casualties in Turkish Military Operations in Northern Iraq (2022)

The “End Cross Border Bombing” campaign report, launched on the 27th of July 2023, has exposed the devastating impact of...

  • End Cross-Border Bombings
The Victims were Heard!

The Victims were Heard!

During the ICSSI Conference 2022 in Sulaymaniyah, the End Cross Border Bombing Campaign had a session with the families that...

  • Civil Society News
The flower of transformation blooms in Kurdistan

The flower of transformation blooms in Kurdistan

Alternatives for justice and sustainability in a war-torn area 13 SEPTEMBER 2022,  ASHISH KOTHARI A beautiful article written by ASHISH...

  • Culture
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
New report reveals civilian victims of Turkey’s cross-border attacks in Iraq Kurdistan

New report reveals civilian victims of Turkey’s cross-border attacks in Iraq Kurdistan

On 20 July  2022 an attack was recorded in the village of Parakhe, near Zakho (Duhok province). The attack saw...

  • Civil Society News
Targeting of Journalists and Media Workers During August 6 Demonstrations in Iraqi Kurdistan.

Targeting of Journalists and Media Workers During August 6 Demonstrations in Iraqi Kurdistan.

PRESS RELEASE After the call for demonstrations from Shaswar Abdulwahid, the president of the New Generation Movement in the Iraqi...

  • Civil Society News
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
INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SOCIETY: DISARM TURKEY, END BOMBINGS ON KURDISTAN

INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SOCIETY: DISARM TURKEY, END BOMBINGS ON KURDISTAN

Together with NGOs, we campaign for peace Activist Bianca Farsetti DIRE Matera, Italy – “On 17th April, the day on...

  • End Cross-Border Bombings
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
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