Freedom of expression

A man browses publications at a bookshop in Damascus on January 26, 2025. (Photo: AFP)

Syria

Syria writers urge new leaders to respect public freedoms

Men use their smartphone as they sit on their motorbike in Ho Chi Minh City on December 23, 2024. (Photo: AFP)

World

Sweeping Vietnam internet law comes into force

Kurdistan

Kurdish writers, authors condemned shutting down Galawezh center

he Metro Center for Defending Journalists’ Rights. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Kurdistan

Metro Center condemns PUK raid on Chawder Center HQ in Sulaimani

Kurdistan Journalists Syndicate (KJS). (Photo: KJS)

Kurdistan

Kurdistan Journalist's Syndicate condemns raid on Chawder Center amid rising political tensions

The Metro Center for Protection of Journalists and Freedom of Expression organization. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Metro Centre revealed its statement regarding Chawder center

Turkey

Instagram blocked in Turkey for second day

Angry Iraqis burn LGBTQ+ and Swedish flags in June (Photo: Hussein Faleh/AFP)

Iraq

Amnesty calls on Iraq to reconsider decision to ban terms 'homosexuality' and ‘gender’

Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Interior Minister Rebar Ahmed speaking at the press conference, June 13, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

US wants Kurdistan Region to be stable: KRG Minister of Interior

The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Iraq and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, briefing the United Nations Security Council members on Iraq, May 17, 2022. (Photo: UN w

Iraq

New measures to limit freedom of expression in Iraq worrisome: UN Iraq envoy

Hayder Finjan al-Zaidi (Photo: 2022 Private)

Iraq

HRW calls on Iraqi authorities to release Iraqi activist

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani hosting a discussion with journalists and members of media organizations in Erbil, June 20, 2022 (Photo: Islam Hero/Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

PM Barzani discusses freedom of press with Kurdish journalists