Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Arrests to Deter Protest

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image People gather for a rally called for by the New Generation Movement, a Kurdish opposition party, in Iraq's northeastern city of Sulaimaniyah in the autonomous Kurdistan region, on August 6, 2022. © 2022 Shwan MOHAMMED / AFP via Getty Images (Baghdad) – Kurdistan regional security forces arrested dozens of journalists, activists, and politicians on August 5 and 6, 2022 in advance of planned protests, Human Rights Watch said today. On August 1, Shaswar Abdulwahid, leader of The New Generation opposition party called for demonstrations in Sulaymaniyah, Erbil, and Duhok…

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