"TISHREEN" Protests: VICTIMS WITHOUT JUSTICE PERPETRATORS UNPUNISHED

PM Al- Sudani Must Investigate the Assaults on Protesters in Baghdad

Al-Kadhimi Files a Lawsuit Against a Journalist and Demands Financial Compensation

OUR REPORTS

On the fifth anniversary of the October 2019 protests, the Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights expresses deep sorrow and frustration over the continued absence of justice for the victims of the protests, which saw thousands of Iraqis, especially young

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September 3, 2024 The Alliance for Freedom of Expression in Iraq (AEFI), supported by the Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights (IOHR), expresses its deep concern and condemnation over the events that unfolded on Tuesday in Baghdad. Hundreds of medical and

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August 8, 2024 The Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights said that Iraqi journalist and author Qais Hasan is facing a lawsuit filed against him by former Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi over a Facebook post. Al-Kadhimi accused Hasan of insult and

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In the days ahead, the Iraqi Council of Representatives is poised to vote on a draft law regarding freedom of expression and peaceful demonstration, in a stark and unequivocal attempt that disregards civil society and the amendments it proposed to the

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OPINION

Balsam Mustafa

Your Mobile Phone is Your Weapon against Harassment

Published in: Jummar Media Balsam Mustafa - Ban Layla In early October, a girl from Baghdad was subjected to a form of sexual harassment on public transport. Using her mobile phone, she documented the incident and shared it online with the help of her

Mustafa Saadoon

‘We want a nation’: Why Iraqis are protesting

Published in: The new humanitarian Mustafa Saadoon Now that more than 400 people have died, the world may finally be paying attention. But protests in Iraq are nothing new. Iraqis have been writing about their difficult day-to-day realities on social

Belkis Wille

IS THERE RULE OF LAW IN IRAQ?

Published in: Foreign Policy in Focus Belkis Wille “Armed groups,” “paramilitary forces,” “groups following the orders of another country.” Human rights advocates in Iraq use these descriptions all the time when we refer to the men with guns behind so

Sarah Leah Whitson

NOW IS THE TIME TO END OUR 30-YEAR WAR IN IRAQ

Published in American Prospect Sarah Leah Whitson Thirty years ago, some classmates and I took a break from our studies at Harvard and set out on a self-appointed mission. We traveled to Iraq to investigate the true devastation caused by the U.S.-led

ENVIRONMENT

VIDEO

IOHR IN MEDIA

Interview with the head of the Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights on the amnesty draft legislation

Al-Hurra Channel in Washington hosted the head of the Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights, Mustafa Saadoon, to talk about the amnesty draft legislation, which is being talked about in political corridors. And how amnesties can be used to take out

Global Reports on Iraq

Iraq: Looming Camp Closures in Kurdistan

"Human Rights Watch report" (Beirut) – The planned closure of displaced people’s camps in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) by a July 30 deadline will imperil the rights of many camp residents from the northern Sinjar district, Human Rights Watch said

PRESS RELEASES

PM Al- Sudani Must Investigate the Assaults on Protesters in Baghdad

September 3, 2024 The Alliance for Freedom of Expression in Iraq (AEFI), supported by the Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights (IOHR), expresses its deep concern and condemnation over the events that unfolded on Tuesday in Baghdad. Hundreds of medical and

Enforced Disappearances

Forced disappearances in Iraq: Around 12,000 reports of missing persons in the last six years

This report documents the testimonies of Iraqi women who lost their children during the past seven years and do not know their fate until now. In this report, we interviewed Iraqi women in Nineveh and Anbar governorates, and we conveyed their testimonies

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