A report on the popular protests and related human rights violations in Iraqi Kurdistan
Introduction Since mid-August 2020, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq has witnessed a widespread mass and popular protest campaign, organised by a group of civil society
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Repressive policies by the authorities continue amid ongoing popular protests in Iraqi Kurdistan
Citizens of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq continued their popular demonstrations in December which called for the overthrow of the government, a solution to the financial
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Campaign continues of arbitrary arrests carried out by local authorities in Iraqi Kurdistan
Since August 2020, local authorities in Iraqi Kurdistan have continued targeting various activists, arresting them, and curtailing public freedoms, including media
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Local authorities must release all detained activists and peaceful protesters in Iraqi Kurdistan
The local authorities in Dohuk Governorate continue their systematic targeting of citizens, including various activists who are exercising their constitutional right to
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Kurdish authorities must respect public freedoms and release all peaceful protesters and activists
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) calls for the release of all protesters, activists, teachers and journalists arrested during protests in Iraqi Kurdistan in
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Two journalists and their young son gunned down in Sulaimaniya
Two journalists and their child were gunned down in their car in Iraqi Kurdistan, on 16 October 2019, according to the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR). GCHR
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NRT correspondent Ribwar Kakaie attacked during live coverage of the Kurdistan Parliament session
During a live television broadcast at about 7:00 pm on 29 October 2017, NRT’s TV crew was attacked by demonstrators with batons who stormed the Parliament building in
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NRT director and journalist arrested following report
Update: Iraq: On 05 June 2017, the Investigation Court in Kalar ordered the release of journalist Awat Ali, director of Kurdish-language
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Journalist Wedat Hussein Ali tortured and killed in the town of Duhok
Reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) confirm that a journalist working for RojNews was found dead with torture marks on his body after he was
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