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Stop Domestic Violence!

Stop Domestic Violence!

A statement condemning the frequent occurrences of domestic violence in Iraq, particularly the most recent incident involving the child Karrar...

  • Anti-Domestic Violence
Urgent Appeal on Human Rights Defenders in Iraq

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...

  • Human Rights Defenders
ICSSI, in solidarity with Iran protests

ICSSI, in solidarity with Iran protests

The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI) expressed its support for Iranian women as protests continued throughout the country on...

  • Civil Society News
In the memory of the October uprising martyrs

In the memory of the October uprising martyrs

Ever since the peaceful protests that went out on the 1st of October 2019, and the lifting of the last...

  • Civil Society News
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
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
The 8th report of the Iraqi Observatory for Workers and Employees Rights

The 8th report of the Iraqi Observatory for Workers and Employees Rights

For the period: (1st of April – 30th of June) 2022 The Iraqi observatory team for workers and employees’ rights...

  • Civil Society News
Hundreds of furious protestors are overrunning the Iraqi Cities!

Hundreds of furious protestors are overrunning the Iraqi Cities!

Spontaneous demonstrations have been going on since yesterday evening, 20 July, in the Iraqi cities of Baghdad, Kirkuk, Basra, Karbala...

  • End Cross-Border Bombings
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
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 19th Periodic Report on Human Rights Violations in Iraq

GCHR’s 19th Periodic Report on Human Rights Violations in Iraq

GCHR This is the nineteenth periodic report issued by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) since January 2020, documenting...

  • Freedoms
October Protestors Displaced to Erbil: Some People Sold Us to the Parties in the Power

October Protestors Displaced to Erbil: Some People Sold Us to the Parties in the Power

Since October 1, 2019, nearly two years ago, young Iraqis have taken to the streets and asked the government to...

  • Civil Society News