Women activists increasingly targeted in Iraqi Kurdistan
CPT Iraqi Kurdistan
February 1, 2023
Taking a stand for LGBTQ+ and women’s rights comes with a price in Iraqi Kurdistan
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Taking a stand for LGBTQ+ and women’s rights comes with a price in Iraqi Kurdistan
Known as the food basket of Iraqi Kurdistan, Penjwen is now also a symbol of nonviolent action
We are grateful for the justice that has been promised to the victims of bombardments and we pray for and end to cross-border bombings in Kurdistan
On 28 September, Iran bombed an Iranian refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan six times over a span of five hours.
Ayub Warte has suffered assault, arrest, and defamation for his honest work as a journalist in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Protests continue across Iran in solidarity with the death of Mahssa Zhina Amini at the hands of Iranian morality police
On 19 July 2022 an attack was recorded in the village of Parakhe, near Zakho (Duhok province). The attack saw 9 civilians killed and 24
Research by the international civil society coalition End Cross Border Bombing Campaign (ECBBC), lays out for the first time and in meticulous detail the civilian impact of an often underreported aggression.
Pray for people of Parakhe, the families of the nine who were killed and the twenty six who were injured in the Turkish bombardments.
CPT has documented the arrest of 34 journalists and media staff in Iraqi Kurdistan between 1-7 August 2022.