Human Rights

A design depicting domestic violence. (Graphic: IOHR)

Human Rights Iraq

Domestic violence cases in Iraq rose by 150 percent in 2025, with 36,289 recorded incidents, while Erbil officials report declining complaints under ninth cabinet reforms.

Domestic Violence in Iraq Surges 150 Percent in One Year, New Report Reveals

Human Rights Syria

Are Kurdish Rights Truly Protected? Report Raises Questions Amid Official Assurances

Damascus-affiliated militant displaying the cut braid of a Kurdish female fighter after her death. (Photo: Social Media)

Human Rights Syria

Kurdish women braid hair in global protest over abuse of female Kurdish fighter in Syria

Elham Ahmad, the Co-chair of the Department of Foreign Relations of the DAANES Region. (AFP)

Human Rights Syria

Elham Ahmad Calls for International Inquiry Into Detentions in Aleppo

Human Rights Syria

UN Says 150,000 Displaced as Death Toll Rises in Aleppo’s Kurdish Neighborhoods

World

IFJ Reports 128 Journalists Killed Worldwide in 2025, Warns of Persistent Impunity

Dindar Zebari, the KRG's Coordinator for International Advocacy, met on Sunday with Zafeer Ud Din, Senior Human Rights Officer and Head of the UNAMI Human Rights Office in Erbil, Dec. 14, 2025. (Photo: Dindar Zebari/ X)

Kurdistan

KRG Coordinator for International Advocacy, UNAMI Discuss Future of Human Rights Engagement in Kurdistan Region

Dindar Zebari, head of KRG OCIA, R, VC of EU Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights, Marte Temido, Brussels, Belgium. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

KRG Human Rights Coordinator Briefs European Parliament on Reforms and Post-UNAMI Transition

Afghan men leave after watching the Taliban publicly execute a man at a football stadium in Khost on Dec. 2, 2025. (AFP)

Middle East

Spectacle of Death Returns to Afghanistan as Taliban Turns Stadium into Execution Ground

Kurdistan

ICHR Seeks Information on Detained Journalist Karwan Kalari, Launches Follow-Up Inquiry

Mourners carry the coffin of Chadema youth leader Michael Christian in Mwanza. (AFP)

World

‘They Killed Us Like Animals’: Tanzanian Families Search for Loved Ones After Post-Election Massacre

Iran

UN Warns of Rising Repression, Surge in Executions in Post-June Iran

An aerial view shows an olive field in the village of Jindayris in the Afrin region of Syria's rebel-held northern Aleppo province, on Sep. 30, 2022. (AFP)

Kurdistan

The Economic Committee in Afrin: Bureaucracy or a Tool to Legitimize Looting?