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Iraq's parliament passed a law criminalising same-sex relationships with a maximum 15-year prison sentence on Saturday, in a move it said aimed to uphold religious values but was condemned by ...
The U.S. State Department said that a law passed by Iraq’s parliament on Saturday criminalizing same-sex relationships was a threat to human rights and freedoms and would weaken Iraq’s ability ...
According to the Human Rights Watch annual report, the human rights situation in Iraq remains deplorable. Since 2015, the country has been embroiled in a bloody armed conflict involving ISIS and a coalition of Kurdish forces, central Iraqi government forces, pro-government militias, and a United States -led international air campaign.
The Iraqi government remained mostly neutral during the clashes. [3] [2] Sadr's supporters stormed the Republican Palace in the Green Zone, [5] reportedly accessing the pool. [6] At 15:30 local time on 29 August, a curfew was declared in Baghdad. [7] The same day, Sadr announced he would go on a hunger strike until the violence stopped. [1]
Human rights in Iraq are addressed in the following articles: Human rights in pre-Saddam Iraq; Human rights in Ba'athist Iraq; Human rights in post-invasion Iraq; Human rights in Iraqi Kurdistan; Human rights in ISIL-controlled territory; Human rights in Islamic countries
Nasser Kanaani, the spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, said in a news briefing Monday that the Iraqi government had agreed “to disarm the armed terrorist groups stationed in Iraq’s ...
From 29 July to 31 July protesters stormed, occupied and sieged the Iraq Parliament in support for Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr. Hundreds of protesters were injured in clashes with the Iraqi Security Force. After being cleared from the parliament, protesters organized sit-ins and other forms of demonstration outside the parliament. [13] [14] [15 ...
A U.S. drone strike blew up a car in the Iraqi capital Wednesday night, killing a high-ranking commander of the powerful Kataib Hezbollah militia who is responsible for “directly planning and ...