Iraq Votes 2025-07-31 11:13:10 Legal Context, Opportunities Encourage Women to Step Up for Further Senior Political Positions Ezidis and Shabaks Pass Quota Over 42,000 Votes Secured 10 Seats for Minorities Candidates of the minorities in Iraq earned over 42,000 votes, enabling them to win the ten quota seats. They also succeeded in winning additional seats by... Nasiriya: 'promise the revolution will be back' if demands not met Abu Ahmad, who is in his 50s, is sitting down in front of his tent at the Habubi square in the southern city of Nasiriya. Resistance is seen from his eyes,... Kirkuk: New electoral commission office escalates tensions between ethnic groups The new changes inside the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) office in Kirkuk opens an old wound; the changes once more escalate tensions between... Three Iraqi women: from marginalization to leadership Three Iraqi women plan to carry out long-term changes from the root, Haba, Nasima and Marwa now think of elections differently: they are informed about... Turkmen language in Tal Afar is on the edge of extinction “It is very unfortunate that the community does not know the mother tongue,” said Raza Julaq Oglu, a prominent Turkmen poet and expert in Turkmen... Religion involvement in Iraqi elections is inevitable It’s election time. Propaganda is everywhere, posters of candidates are even hung on the walls of religious shrines. The campaigns have not stopped there,... Secretary-general of Adil Abdul Mahdi's council of ministers attempts to close women freedom organization Layla did not expect that the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq (OWFI), which has sheltered her and women who fled from violence and oppression,... Safa Salah: I am a human rights activist and the voice of IDPs should be heard “My awareness originated from the era of sectarianism, when people killed each other for sect, religion, and ethnicity. I asked myself: why are they... Iraqi women lose their role in the new government with only holding a minister The Iraqi politicians frequently insist on the fact that women are half of society and they internal regulations of their political parties allocate... Threats and violence compel activists, journalists and protestors to flee Baghdad since the start of the protests Activist Ali Makdam fled Baghdad and moved to a hotel in Erbil as a result of the death threats he received during the social uprisings, similar to what... The Feyli Kurds pay the price for their ethnicity and sect The Feyli Kurds, as members of an Iraqi minority community, have struggled for decades for their rights, paying the price for their ethnicity and sect.... Impunity: A motivator for continuous assassinations and violence against Journalists in the Kurdistan Region “There’s a popular proverb that says, ‘if the perpetrator is not found, the authorities are involved,’” replied journalist Asos Hardi in response... ‹ 1 2 3 4 ›