Recent CPTnet stories

IRAQI KURDISTAN: Spring 2013 Update

May 6th, 2013
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An overview of
CPT Iraqi
Kurdistan
activities during
spring 2013.

Prayers for Peacemakers, April 17, 2013

April 17th, 2013
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Pray that the women of Iraqi Kurdistan may find freedom from domestic violence, discrimination in legal and medical systems, honor killings and other forms of oppression. Give strength and courage to those who advance women's rights and well-being.

IRAQI KURDISTAN: Headway, resistance in advancing women's rights

April 17th, 2013
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CPT Iraqi Kurdistan has published a new a report summarizing views of fellow activists in the field of Women’s Rights in Iraqi Kurdistan.

IRAQI KURDISTAN: Don't forget the living

April 6th, 2013
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The people of Halabja and these young protesters
ask the world not to forget the dead, but also not
to forget the living.

Iraqi Kurdistan: Investigative journalist and family punished with imprisonment, threats

April 4th, 2013
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The CPT Iraqi Kurdistan team is growing increasingly concerned by the situation surrounding imprisoned journalist Karzan Karim. Karim, who has been imprisoned since late 2011, was found guilty in October 2012 of violating a law criminalizing any act that "harms state institutions" and "undermines the security and stability of the region," after he published a series of articles calling out corruption he observed in the Erbil International Airport.