We Cannot Stand Aside
CPT Iraqi Kurdistan
January 20, 2026
The CPT Iraqi Kurdistan team joins the call for solidarity with the people of Rojava. Two members of the CPT team, together with a group
The CPT Iraqi Kurdistan team joins the call for solidarity with the people of Rojava. Two members of the CPT team, together with a group
The story the villagers tell each other is that CPT has brought her daughter back, Harya* shares with us. She is a mother who had
“I would not a little bit but a lot rather live in our village home in the mountains than here in the city,” insisted Haji
Seven months on from the PKK’s unilateral ceasefire, bombardments and attacks by the Turkish Armed Forces in Iraqi Kurdistan seem to have ceased. But the increasing military presence by both actors makes the situation appear fragile.
We, the undersigned press freedom and human rights organizations, call on the Kurdistan Regional Government to immediately and unconditionally release journalist Sherwan Sherwani, who remains
We who come from Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan have grown up with the painful legacy of Abu Ghraib prison. Before the US army invaded Iraq,
Since yesterday evening, the security situation in Sulaymaniyah Governorate has become increasingly unstable. Sulaymaniyah security forces stormed the headquarters of the People’s Front Party, leading
On August 19, 2025, journalist Sherwan Sherwani was tried and convicted in the Bnaslawa Misdemeanor Court for allegedly threatening a security officer inside the Erbil
July recorded one of the most repressive and aggressive periods of the year for journalists and activists by governmental authorities and entities. During the month,
In late February, imprisoned PKK leafer Abdullah Öcalan announced the disarmament of the party. CPT Iraqi Kurdistan reports on the announcement’s regional impact on the ground.