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Journalists barred from entering parliament to cover election of the President
- Published at
- 01.12.2022
- Country
- Iraq
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- LGBTI

Reports and monitoring missions document extreme repression and violence against activists
- Published at
- 18.08.2022
- Country
- Iraq
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- journalist detained
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- protest disruption
- protest
- HRD prosecuted
- non state actors
- attack on HRD
- release of HRDs
- censorship
- harassment
- positive CS development
- HRD killing

Iraqi Kurdistan: Ongoing retaliation against anyone who criticises the governing authorities
- Published at
- 08.03.2022
- Country
- Iraq
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- torture/ill-treatment
- protest

Increasingly Unstable Environment for Human Rights and Civic Freedoms as Iraqi Elections Take Place
- Published at
- 29.10.2021
- Country
- Iraq
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- censorship
- release of HRDs
- attack on HRD
- attack on journalist
- religious groups
- protest
- intimidation
- negative court ruling
- harassment
- HRD detained
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted

Journalists and civil society activists face kidnapping, detention and killing in Iraq
- Published at
- 17.05.2021
- Country
- Iraq
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- killing of protestors
- attack on HRD
- protest

Thousands attend demonstrations marking the one-year anniversary of the popular movement
- Published at
- 07.12.2020
- Country
- Iraq
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD detained
- prevention of protest
- HRD killing
- killing of protestors
- protest disruption
- excessive force
- time,place restrictions
- censorship
- non state actors
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened

Popular Protests: Demonstrators, journalists and human rights defenders killed, attacked & silenced
- Published at
- 07.08.2020
- Country
- Iraq
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- HRD killing
- HRD detained
- protest
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- killing of journalist
- killing of protestors
- protest disruption
- violent protest
- attack on HRD
- attack on journalist

Protesters, activists, journalists & aid workers attacked, kidnapped, killed, as protests escalate
- Published at
- 25.02.2020
- Country
- Iraq
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- HRD detained
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- office raid
- killing of journalist
- excessive force
- enforced disappearance
- attack on HRD
- CSO closure
- harassment
- HRD killing
- killing of protestors
- torture/ill-treatment
- censorship
- non state actors
- women
- attack on journalist
- protest
- internet restriction
- violent protest
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened

Protesters face brutal violations as widespread protests escalate, internet shut down
- Published at
- 16.10.2019
- Country
- Iraq
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- violent protest
- intimidation
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- attack on journalist
- public vilification
- killing of protestors
- journalist detained
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- torture/ill-treatment
- internet restriction
- censorship
- youth
- protest disruption
- release of HRDs

Freedom of expression under severe threat as journalist and writer killed in Iraq
- Published at
- 26.02.2019
- Country
- Iraq
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- killing of journalist

Protesters killed, journalists detained and media outlets set ablaze during wave of protests
- Published at
- 03.12.2018
- Country
- Iraq
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protestor(s) detained
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- journalist detained
- women