This is the 20th periodic report issued by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) since January 2020, documenting the human rights situation in Iraq. The report includes cases of academics and public officials targeted with violence, threats to children’s rights, in addition to clashes during protests in Iraq. While welcoming the prosecution of the […]
Continue ReadingRisking everything Ever-increasing numbers of people are attempting the journey in small, unseaworthy boats as they flee conflict or poverty or persecution in Afghanistan, Sudan, Iraq, Eritrea and elsewhere. According to the International Organization for Migration, since 2014, 166 migrants have been recorded dead or missing in the English Channel and 22,930 have been recorded dead or missing in the Mediterranean Sea. […]
Continue ReadingThe Syria refugee crisis remains the largest humanitarian and development crises in the world. Across the five main Syrian-refugee hosting countries included under the 3RP – Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and Egypt – over 20 million people need some form of humanitarian and resilience support going into 2022. This includes some 7.1 million Syrian refugees […]
Continue ReadingDohuk, Kurdistan Region of Iraq (November 25, 2021) – Youth fromforcibly displaced and host communities in Iraq will be trained to support and monitor green jobs initiatives, that aim to restore and protect their local environment. Supported by the Government of the Netherlands under PROSPECTS, the initiative is part of an on-going collaboration between the United […]
Continue ReadingBaghdad, November 23, 2021 – A high-level meeting between the United Nations and international donors took place in Baghdad to discuss the United Nations’ updated development strategy for Iraq. The meeting focused on the 2020-2024 United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF), which was signed by the Government of Iraq in September. The UN was […]
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON — The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) says the wheat seeds it recently provided to farmers in northeast Syria meet “high standards for safety and quality.” The announcement comes after claims by the Syrian government that the seeds donated by the U.S. agency “are not suitable for cultivation.” Last week, USAID donated 3,000 tons […]
Continue ReadingCALAIS, FRANCE — France and Britain appealed Thursday for European assistance, promised stepped-up efforts to combat people-smuggling networks, and traded blame and barbs in the wake of this week’s tragedy in the English Channel that again shone a light on the scale and complexity of Europe’s migration problems. At least 27 migrants drowned Wednesday after their […]
Continue ReadingAL-HOL AND AL-ROJ, SYRIA — Most of the women we meet in al-Hol camp, a detention center in northeastern Syria, won’t talk about the murders. But Umm Mustafa, from Iraq, speaks quickly and quietly, standing away from the crowds in the market. She voices shock. It is not the roughly 80 killings so far this year […]
Continue ReadingBaghdad The American Johns Hopkins University stated: “The total number of coronavirus infections in the world has risen to more than 259 million, and the total deaths have reached more than 5.1 million. According to the university’s data, the total number of coronavirus infections in the world reached 259,380,413, and the total deaths were 5,173,924. […]
Continue ReadingBaghdad The Iraqi students participating in the Arab Gifted Initiative, launched by the Arab Organization for Education, Culture and Science / ALECSO/, in cooperation with the King Abdulaziz and his Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity, managed to achieve success after participating in scientific competitions with students from Arab countries. The Minister of Education, Ali […]
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