Freedom of Religion and Belief
IRAQ: Exploring challenges and opportunities for religious freedom – New Report APPG FoRB (26.03.2026) – On 25 March, the 28-page Iraq Report co-published by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on FoRB (APPG FoRB), Aid to the Church in Need (ACN UK) and BYU Law was...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
IRAQ: Parliamentary elections: the vote system for Christian candidates questioned again Cardinal Sako’s warning call to Christians against voting for the allegedly Christian Babylon Movement was heard By Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
IRAQ: The Chaldean Patriarch warns against voting for the alleged ‘Christian’ Babylon Movement By Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (10.11.2025) – Until the eve of the parliamentary elections, Cardinal Sako, the Patriarch of...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
IRAQ: ‘A sign of hope’: Churches destroyed by the Islamic State reopen in Mosul By Anugrah Kumar Christian Post (20.10.2025) – Two historic churches in Mosul, Iraq, have officially reopened after years of restoration, nearly a decade after their...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
IRAQ: Iraq’s legal crisis through the lens of its Personal Status Law (PSL) By Anne Harper (*) ICLRS (22.05.2025) – On 21 January 2025, Iraq’s legislature adopted a law that will highly likely subject Iraqi women and girls to human rights violations, based...