Journalists receives new sentence ahead of planned release from prison Published at 26.10.2025 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD prosecuted restrictive law Read more
Local government in the Kurdistan Region continues to commit serious human rights violations Published at 15.05.2025 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption negative court ruling labour rights protest prevention of protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Reports of multiple grave violations of freedom of expression and freedom of assembly Published at 20.09.2024 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on HRD intimidation harassment HRD detained HRD killing excessive force criminal defamation killing of journalist censorship positive court ruling release of HRDs attack on journalist labour rights protest restrictive law HRD acquitted journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted youth Read more
Atleast 4 killed in protests amid ethnic tensions Published at 01.12.2023 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: protest killing of protestors excessive force environmental rights Read more
Proposed election law sparks protests, CSOs denounce new framework to monitor online content Published at 20.04.2023 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD CSO closure HRD detained HRD killing protest internet restriction torture/ill-treatment censorship HRD threatened HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
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 Read more
Reports and monitoring missions document extreme repression and violence against activists Published at 18.08.2022 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on HRD release of HRDs harassment positive CS development HRD killing negative court ruling criminal defamation protest censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted non state actors Read more
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 Read more
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 attack on HRD religious groups intimidation harassment release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained negative court ruling protest censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
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 Read more
Thousands attend demonstrations marking the one-year anniversary of the popular movement Published at 07.12.2020 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on HRD intimidation HRD detained HRD killing excessive force prevention of protest killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment time,place restrictions censorship non state actors release of HRDs attack on journalist protest protestor(s) detained HRD threatened Read more
Popular Protests: Demonstrators, journalists and human rights defenders killed, attacked & silenced Published at 07.08.2020 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on HRD attack on journalist HRD killing HRD detained protest killing of journalist killing of protestors violent protest censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Protesters, activists, journalists & aid workers attacked, kidnapped, killed, as protests escalate Published at 25.02.2020 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption office raid attack on HRD CSO closure intimidation harassment HRD detained HRD killing excessive force enforced disappearance killing of journalist killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment censorship non state actors women attack on journalist protest internet restriction violent protest protestor(s) detained HRD threatened Read more
Protesters face brutal violations as widespread protests escalate, internet shut down Published at 16.10.2019 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption attack on HRD intimidation excessive force criminal defamation public vilification killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment censorship release of HRDs attack on journalist protest internet restriction violent protest restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
13 dead, hundreds injured and detained in widespread protests Published at 22.08.2018 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest internet restriction killing of protestors violent protest censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Civil society condemns attacks against journalists and closure of media outlets in Iraqi Kurdistan Published at 27.04.2018 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist protest disruption journalist detained excessive force protest Read more
Protesters and journalists denied access to legal representation Published at 14.03.2018 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist violent protest release of HRDs journalist detained protestor(s) detained excessive force protest Read more
Thousands protest over social ills in Iraqi Kurdistan, facing tear gas and live ammunition Published at 02.02.2018 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment violent protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Journalist stabbed to death and TV stations attacked in northern Iraq Published at 07.11.2017 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship attack on journalist journalist detained killing of journalist Read more
