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Iraq: Government Must Chart a New Course by Ending Impunity and Upholding Human Rights
Iraq’s government must deliver on its human rights commitments.
August 17, 2026
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Iraq: Ensure Accountability for Killing of Women’s Rights Activist Yanar Mohammed
This brutal killing of Yanar Mohammed, who dedicated her life to defending women’s rights, is a calculated assault to stifle…
March 4, 2026
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Iraq: Six Years Since Tishreen Protests, Activists Persecuted and Freedom of Expression in Peril
Entrenched impunity for abuses during the Tishreen protests has been compounded by an escalating crackdown on civic space.
October 1, 2025
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Kurdistan Region of Iraq: New Sentence for Journalist Weeks Before Planned Release is Evidence of Perverse Practice Used to Punish Critics
This newest case against journalist Sherwan Sherwani is a blatant ruse by the authorities to keep him behind bars.
August 20, 2025
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Iraq: Lawmakers Must Ensure New Law Does Not Unduly Restrict Freedoms of Expression and Peaceful Assembly 
Iraqi lawmakers must vote against or propose amendments to any laws that would further restrict civic space.
August 1, 2025
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Iraq: People Held in Al-Jed’ah Center Subjected to Torture and Enforced Disappearance After Arrests - New Investigation
Iraqis are being subjected to torture and other ill-treatment as well as enforced disappearance after being arrested in Al-Jed’ah Community…
October 29, 2024
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Iraq: Reject Changes to Personal Status Law Which Would Allow Child Marriage and Further Entrench Discrimination
Iraqi lawmakers must drop amendments to the Personal Status Law, which would violate women and girls’ rights,
October 10, 2024
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20 Years Since The US-Led Coalition Invaded Iraq, Impunity Reigns Supreme
On the 20-year anniversary of the invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq, Amnesty International today renewed its calls for justice…
March 20, 2023
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Amnesty International USA Statement for the Record for February 9th hearing on ‘Targeted Killing’ and the Rule of Law: The Legal and Human Costs of 20 Years of U.S. Drone Strikes
On behalf of Amnesty International USA and our members and supporters in the United States, we hereby submit this statement…
February 9, 2022
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Mass execution of 21 individuals in Iraq is an outrage
Responding to the execution on Monday of 21 individuals in Iraq, including individuals allegedly affiliated to the Islamic State (IS)…
November 17, 2020
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Yezidi child survivors of ‘Islamic State’ facing unprecedented health crisis
Almost 2,000 Yezidi children who have returned to their families after being held captive by the armed group calling itself…
July 28, 2020
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Defense Department undercounts civilian casualties in new reporting
Responding to the Pentagon’s report on U.S. civilian casualties to Congress, Daphne Eviatar, the director of the Security with Human…
May 6, 2020