
Iraq
Iraq’s history of authoritarianism, foreign intervention, civil war, and political gridlock greatly influences the government’s actions around ongoing human rights violations. State security agencies continue to carry out wrongful arrests and imprisonment, torture of detainees, enforced disappearances, and extrajudicial killings. Social and economic rights violations also threaten millions of Iraqis, including from environmental devastation. With a political economy dependent largely on oil, Iraq is on the frontlines of worsening consequences of global warming. Troubling governmental responses to growing crises and to popular efforts to address them—including violence against protesters demanding a better future—have only increased violations while failing to address the adverse conditions Iraqis live through every day.

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Middle East/North Africa
December 6, 2022
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“Everyone Wants Me Dead”
Killings, Abductions, Torture, and Sexual Violence Against LGBT People by Armed Groups in Iraq
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“No One Represents Us”
Lack of Access to Political Participation for People With Disabilities in Iraq
News
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Iraq: Activist Imprisoned for Peaceful Criticism of Security Forces
Alarming Escalation of Legal Threats against Civil Society
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Iraq: No Justice for Protester Deaths
Promises of Accountability Broken as State-Linked Killers Walk Free
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Iraq: Iran Attacks Kill Civilians in Kurdistan Region
Civilians, Refugees Injured, Killed, Displaced
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A Push to Silence LGBT Rights in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Threat to Free Expression Signals Shrinking Space for Activism
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Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Arrests to Deter Protest
Protesters, Journalists, Parliament Members Targeted
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Submission to the Committee Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Punishment Ahead of the Review of the Republic of Iraq
73rd Session: March 2022
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Iraq: Impunity for Violence Against LGBT People
Killings, Abductions, Torture, Sexual Violence by Armed Forces