End threats directed against journalist Ahmad Al-Shaibani
On July 20, 2018, at 11:12 am, journalist and human rights defender Ahmed Al-Shaibani received a death threat by text message from an unknown number. Around the same
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Arbitrary dismissal of journalist for expressing his opinion on social media
PEN International and the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GC4HR) condemn the dismissal of journalist Ahmad Abdulhusain from his work at the Iraqi Media Network (IMN) which
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Protect the right to peaceful demonstration, release all detained demonstrators and reopen access to the Internet / Assassination of human rights lawyer Jabbar Mohammed Al-Karm in Basra
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received reliable reports confirming that Iraqi authorities have used disproportionate force against peaceful demonstrators
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Internet shut down in central and southern rights including the capital Baghdad
Reliable reports confirmed that the Iraqi government decided on 14 July 2018 to shut down the Internet across the country’s central and southern regions, including
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Authorities must respect citizens’ right to peaceful protest
Iraqi citizens in the capital city of Baghdad, in Basra and other cities in the central and southern regions are organising mass demonstrations to protest a number of
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NRT correspondent Issa Al-Atwani attacked
On 20 April 2018, Issa Al-Atwani, a reporter of NRT TV in Babil Governorate in Iraq, was attacked by an unknown group of people. At 11:30 pm Al-Atwani left his house
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Unprecedented attacks on journalists and media outlets during coverage of popular protests
The Metro Center for Defending the Rights of Journalists and the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) denounce the unprecedented attacks on journalists and media outlets
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Security forces storm offices of NRT and close them by force
According to reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), at 6:45 pm on 19 December 2017, more than 200 armed members of Iraqi Kurdistan’s internal
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Gulf Centre for Human Rights mourns death of photojournalist Arkan Sharif
It is with great sadness that the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) received news of the murder of photojournalist Arkan Sharif. He was killed in the early hours on 30
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