How Kurdish language divisions hinder access to information
This article was written by Tara Aziz and published on Global Voices on September 6, 2023. Nestled within the Kurdistan mountains near the Iranian border, the Iraqi town of Halabja…
Memo from Baghdad: Identifying and Addressing the Needs of Iraqi Documenters
In a moment when free speech is under direct threat in Iraq, our recent needs assessment with Open Archive offers an insightful glimpse into the realities, challenges, and opportunities that…
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 secure internet for all. “Iraq’s long history of shutting down…
Coalition Letter to the 48th U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC) on Pegasus
To Members of the United Nations Human Rights Council Re: Request for Members of the U.N. Human Rights Council to urgently denounce and mandate independent investigations into the situation of…
a Plane Over Apple’s Headquarters: “DON’T SCAN OUR PHONES”
For the last month, civil liberties and human rights organizations, researchers, and customers have demanded that Apple cancel its plan to install photo-scanning software onto devices. This software poses an…
Iraqi Death Squads: Getting Away with Murder
How did armed groups operating under the cover of the Popular Mobilization Forces manage to impose fear through a series of assassinations? Here is a detailed investigation into 2020 assassination…
Facebook has exempted nearly 6 million of its most high-profile users from facing consequences for breaking platform rules
Facebook has exempted nearly 6 million of its most high-profile users from facing consequences for breaking platform rules through a systematic and secret tiering system that an internal review described…
“Do you own an Apple product? Update it today,” he said.
Apple Issues Emergency Security Updates to Close a Spyware Flaw Researchers at Citizen Lab found that NSO Group, an Israeli spyware company, had infected Apple products without so much as…
Privacy violated in Palestine: ISPs leave private data exposed
Internet service providers (ISPs) in Palestine are failing to protect their customers’ privacy. Through a joint study, Privacy Violated: Protection of Customers’ Personal Information by Internet Service Providers in Palestine,…
Iraq is one of top countries in the world – facts on the International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances!
Today, on the occasion of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, we the 33 undersigned local, regional, and international organizations, associations, and networks come together to highlight…