GCHR’s periodic report on human rights violations in the 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 activists,
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Authorities in Iraqi Kurdistan use judiciary to silence voices calling for reform
The decision of the Court of Cassation in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq dated 28 April 2021, to uphold the six-year prison sentences against five journalists and
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Periodic report by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights on human rights violations in the Kurdistan Region
The Kurdistan Region of Iraq has witnessed continuous violations in the field of human rights, in particular freedom of expression and freedom of peaceful assembly,
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Joint statement: IRAQ and IRAQI KURDISTAN: Systematic targeting of human rights defenders
Paris-Geneva-Baghdad-Beirut-Erbil, May 26, 2021 – In the framework of the ongoing demonstrations against corruption, unemployment, and for political reform in
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Five activists and journalists sentenced to prison in Iraqi Kurdistan
After a wave of protests erupted in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq in mid-August 2020, security forces arrested dozens of community activists, journalists, teachers,
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