A demonstrator draped in the Iraqi national flag stands before security forces near al-Jumhuriya (Republic) bridge leading to the capital Baghdad's high-security Green Zone on Oct. 25, 2022. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with Iraqi justice minister, Judge Salar Abdul Sattar, in Erbil, Oct. 6, 2022. (Photo: KRG)
Two handcuffed Iraqi detainees walk into Baghdad's Karkh Appeal Court in their orange prisoners' clothing during their trial, June 6, 2022. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)
A female judge swears in in front of Judge Abduljabar Aziz Hassan, the head of Judicial Council of Kurdistan, Jan. 11, 2022. (Photo: Judicial Council of Kurdistan/Facebook)
Melanie Smart, acting UK Consul General in the Kurdistan Region gives a speech during British-sponsored Judicial Development Program for Kurdish judges, August 22, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)