INSM Statements
Iraq’s elections must not be tainted by internet shutdowns
No to internet shutdowns in Iraq these elections — Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition demand an open, accessible, and...
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The Launch of the Arab Alliance for Digital Rights
The Arab Alliance for Digital Rights (AADR) sets in motion its work to promote and defend the digital rights and...
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UNAMI and the UN Human Rights Office: “Human Rights in the Administration of Justice in Iraq: legal conditions and procedural safeguards to prevent torture”
GENEVA (3 August 2021) – Iraq’s legal framework to prevent ill-treatment, developed over several years, now needs to be translated...
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MENA Surveillance Coalition demands an end to the sale of surveillance technology to the region’s autocratic governments
26-July-2021 We, the undersigned human rights organizations, call for an immediate halt to the use, sale and transfer of surveillance...
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Open letter calling for a global ban on biometric recognition technologies that enable mass and discriminatory surveillance
We, the undersigned, call for an outright ban on uses of facial recognition and remote biometric recognition technologies that enable...
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INSM joined the international voices to a letter sent to Danish PM to take immediate action to free Abdul-Hadi Al-Khawaja
22-January-2021 Dear Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, We the undersigned, more than 100 organisations from around the world, are appealing for...
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INSM signed an Open Letter to Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube: Stop silencing critical voices from the Middle East and North Africa
17 December 2020 Open Letter to Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube: Stop silencing critical voices from the Middle East and North...
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Eight international and local organizations direct an urgent statement addressed to the governments of Iraq and the Kurdistan Region ahead of the International Day for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(Beirut, 09 December 2020) – Eight organisations released the following statement today calling on the Iraqi government to investigate the...
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Joint Appeal: Stop the Phenomenon of Legal Harassment against Civil Activists
On 05 November 2020, the Head of the Nineveh Federal Court of Appeal issued arrest warrants against four civil society...
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