Iraq human rights violations

Iraqi authorities took no meaningful steps to bring to justice members of security forces and state-affiliated militias involved in the violent crackdown on nationwide protests in October Security forces continued to forcibly disappear men and boys, and the fate of thousands of Iraqis who were subjected to enforced disappearance in previous years remained unknown.

Iraqi authorities attacked freedom of expression and prepared new laws to further curb this right. Protection from gender-based violence remained severely limited in central Iraq and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The majority of the 1. On 18 December, provincial elections were held across Iraq, except in the four governorates in Kurdistan Region of Iraq KR-I , where elections were scheduled for early Drought, exacerbated by climate change, reduced agricultural production.

Contaminated water was linked to cholera outbreaks across Iraq, and the WHO reported at least 1, cases and at least seven deaths by mid-November. In September, a court in Baghdad sentenced 18 police officers to prison terms of between 18 months and three years for their failure to prevent the attack. Iraqi authorities took no meaningful steps to bring to justice members of security forces and state-affiliated militias involved in the violent crackdown on the nationwide October protests also known as the Tishreen protests , despite the establishment of several investigative and fact-finding committees.

Armed actors, including PMU members, continued to harass and intimidate relatives and loved ones of activists who disappeared or were killed in the context of the October protests.

Iraqi authorities attacked freedom of expression

The family said that those making the threats are linked to the abductors and the PMU. The office said the committee had investigated more than cases obtained from a Baghdad court and reviewed thousands of medical reports, victim autopsy forms and reports of forensic experts. It added that reparations had been paid to the families of those killed, amounting to IQD 10 million about USD 7, for each victim.

Activists, protesters and families of those injured or killed also raised concerns about accessing reparations, including the requirement of medical documents that most of the injured could not obtain during the protests.