Iraq | MENA Rights Group

Country legislation

Antiterrorism Law of 2005

Publications Law of 1968 (AR)

National Human Rights Institution Law of 2008 (AR)

Internal Security Forces Penal Law of 2008

Cases

Al Taei

September 01, 2021

Abdullah Al Taei is awaiting his appeal while on death row in Nasiriyah prison

Ahmed Al Humady

August 05, 2021

Iraqi truck driver disappeared at Al Razaza checkpoint in 2015

Fazaa Al Shabani

August 05, 2021

Iraqi shop owner disappeared shortly after being released

Sheet

July 28, 2021

Iraqi engineer disappeared at Al Razaza checkpoint in February 2016

Advocacy

Five detained Iraqi Kurdish journalists and activists

July 09, 2021

Increasing repression against activists, journalists and other critics in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region

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Joint letter

May 03, 2021

Joint Statement: Stop violations against journalists in the Kurdistan region of Iraq

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December 17, 2020

Coalition of NGOs call on the Iraqi parliament to withdraw or sufficiently amend Iraq's Draft Law on Combating Cybercrime

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Iraqi protests letters II

December 11, 2020

Over 20 NGOs request intervention of Iraq's president to make sure missing protesters are being released

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Reports

Tahrir monument

February 19, 2021

Evaluation Report of the Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights

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Iraqi protests

Assessment of Iraq's efforts to implement the Committee on enforced disappearances' 2015 concluding observations

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UPR Iraq

April 05, 2019

Post-ISIL, Iraq continues to systematically violate rights obligations

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