SUBMISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF IRAQ
Download Third Cycle 34th Session Human Rights Council November 2019 Submitted by: The Gulf Centre for Human Rights The Iraqi Observatory
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Targeting of activists and journalists continues
Update: Iraqi Kurdistan:The Metro Center for Defending the Rights of Journalists and the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR)welcome
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Writer and novelist Dr. Alaa Mashthob Abboud assassinated
On 02 February 2019, gunmen opened fire on the writer and novelist Dr. Alaa Mashthob Abboud and killed him instantly in front of his house in Karbala, located about 100
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Freedom of opinion and expression at risk under new Cybercrime Law which imposes penalties of life imprisonment
In its session on 12 January 2019, the Iraqi parliament completed its first reading of the draft Cybercrime Law, which includes punishment amounting to life imprisonment
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Photojournalist killed in unknown circumstances
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) mourns the loss of an Iraqi photojournalist who was murdered. On the night of 09 January 2019, Samer Ali Hussain, a
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Woman human rights defender Dr. Su’ad Al-Ali assassinated in Basra
According to reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), on 25 September 2018, human rights defender Dr. Su’ad Al-Ali, the head of Al-Weed
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Continuing arrests of Basra protesters and four more demonstrators reported killed
24-09-2018 Update: Reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) confirmed that on 18 September 2018, 13 detained protesters were released including
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MASSIVE VIOLATIONS OF THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY CONTINUE IN BASRA
Protests that began in July have continued into September in Basra governorate, where security forces used tear gas and live bullets to disperse protesters. The Iraqi
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Peaceful protests continue after demonstrator killed in Basra
Peaceful demonstrations continue across central and southern Iraq, including the capital Baghdad and the city of Basra where several demonstrators were severely wounded.
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