Ensure accountability for killing of women's rights activist - NEWS - 04/03/2026
Yanar Mohammed, a prominent Iraqi women's rights activist, was shot be unidentified gunmen on a motorcycle outside her home in northern Baghdad. Read more.
Activists persecuted and freedom of expression in peril - NEWS - 01/10/2025
Six years on from the nationwide protests in October 2019, referred to as Tishreen, Iraqi authorities continue to persecute activists and protesters while failing to deliver meaningful justice and accountability for the killings of hundreds and the maiming of thousands of protesters by security forces and militias or to reveal the fate and whereabouts of those disappeared. Read more.
On 02 August 2025, the Iraqi parliament was due to vote on a draft law on freedom of expression and peaceful assembly. Read more.
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