Section: Human Rights
Incomplete Justice: How Are Turkmen Child Survivors of ISIS Being Denied Their Rights for the Third Time?
Incomplete Justice: Why Do Turkmen Child Survivors of ISIS Remain Outside the Survivors Law? By Hussein Zain al-Abidin | Independent Researcher — Minority Rights in Iraq | husseinmonitor.com Yazidi MP Khalid Sido announced today, Saturday, 22 …
22 August 2026
Five Years of the Yazidi Survivors Law
Five Years of the Yazidi Survivors Law: The Case for Substantive Amendments By Hussein Zainulabdeen | Independent Researcher — Iraqi Minority Rights | husseinmonitor.com On March 1, 2021, Iraq's parliament passed the Yaz…
25 July 2026
Five Years Since the Yazidi Survivors Law
Five Years Since the Yazidi Survivors Law: Time for Substantive Amendments By Hussein Zain al-Abidin | Independent Researcher — Iraqi Minority Rights | husseinmonitor.com On March 1, 2021, the Iraqi Council of Representatives passed the Yazidi Survivors Law…
25 July 2026
Iraq Before the UN Human Rights Council: Promises Without Accountability
Iraq Before the UN Human Rights Council: Promises Without Accountability By Hussein Zainulabdeen | Independent Researcher — Iraqi Minority Rights | husseinmonitor.com In January 2025, Iraq appeared before the United Nati…
12 June 2026
Iraq's New Government and the Turkmen Question: A Community of Millions With No Seat at the Table
JUNE 1, 2026 · HUSSEIN MONITOR Iraq's New Government and the Turkmen Question: A Community of Millions With No Seat at the Table Iraq's Turkmen community — the country's third largest ethnic group, with a population esti…
1 June 2026
Camp Speicher: 1,700 Killed in One Day — Iraq's Largest Single ISIS Massacre and the Unfinished Reckoning
Camp Speicher: 1,700 Killed in One Day — Iraq's Largest Single ISIS Massacre and the Unfinished Reckoning On June 12, 2014 — two days after ISIS seized Mosul — the group executed between 1,500 and 1,700 Iraqi Air Force c…
31 May 2026
Iraq's Yazidi Survivors Law: A Landmark Step That Left the Turkmen Behind
Iraq's Yazidi Survivors Law: A Landmark Step That Left the Turkmen Behind In 2021, Iraq passed a groundbreaking law recognizing Yazidi survivors of ISIS as victims of genocide and providing reparations. It was celebrated…
5 April 2026
5,000 ISIS Detainees Moved from Syria to Iraq: Justice or a Legal Black Hole?
5,000 ISIS Detainees Moved from Syria to Iraq: Justice or a Legal Black Hole? In early 2026, the United States transferred more than 5,000 ISIS-linked detainees from Syrian prisons to Iraqi custody — including senior lea…
4 April 2026
They Escaped ISIS — But Did They Find Freedom? The Ongoing Struggle of Yazidi and Turkmen Survivors
They Escaped ISIS — But Did They Find Freedom? The Ongoing Struggle of Yazidi and Turkmen Survivors For the women who survived ISIS captivity, escape was not the end of the ordeal — it was the beginning of a different on…
1 April 2025
Ten Years Since the Fall of Tal Afar: A Community Displaced, Women Still Missing, and Justice Still Waiting
JUNE 15, 2024 · HUSSEIN MONITOR Ten Years Since the Fall of Tal Afar: A Community Displaced, Women Still Missing, and Justice Still Waiting In June 2014, ISIS seized Tal Afar and erased a community in days. Ten years lat…
14 June 2024