The state of human rights in Iraq
Since October 2019, the authorities have forcefully repressed national popular movements against government corruption and poor economic conditions, leading to gross and hostile violations on journalists, protestors, and human rights defenders, including incommunicado detention, arbitrary arrest, physical attacks, enforced disappearance, kidnapping, torture, ill-treatment, abductions, and targeted assassinations.
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Three journalists fired from their positions with State-owned newspaper Al-Sabah
Beirut, 16 January 2012 -- On 2 January 2012, Al-Sabah, a State-owned daily newspaper based in Baghdad announced that it had dismissed the head of the cultural
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Latest News & Publications from Iraq
Exploiting the Wartime Context: Patterns of Repression in the Gulf Region and Neighbouring Countries
Executive Summary This report by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) examines restrictive and coercive measures reportedly taken by states in connection with the
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GCHR’s periodic report on human rights violations in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region
The local government in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq continues to commit serious violations of the civil and human rights of citizens, including civil society
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