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Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Sep. 11 2023

Source Page: New plans to stop journalists being silenced by baseless lawsuits
Document: report (PDF)

Found: Venezuela.17 However, of the 35 countries in the region, only Jamaica has fully decriminalized defamation

Written Question
Iraq: Kurds
Monday 11th September 2023

Asked by: Dan Carden (Labour - Liverpool, Walton)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)

We continue to monitor the human rights situation in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Journalists and political activists continue to face intimidation and indefinite detention, and conservative norms and discriminatory laws harm women and girls and the LGBT+ community.

The UK remains committed to pressing the case for improvements in the human rights situation in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and raises these issues regularly with senior figures.

Written Question
Sherwan Sherwani
Monday 11th September 2023

Asked by: Hilary Benn (Labour - Leeds Central)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2023 to Question 187387 on Iraq: Political Prisoners, whether he plans to make further representations to the Kurdistan regional government in Iraq following the extension to the prison sentence of journalist Sherwan Sherwani.

Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)

The UK Government remains committed to pressing the case for improvements in the human rights situation in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) and to advocating for human rights for all, including in relation to freedom of expression and the freedom for journalists to do their jobs free from harm.

The UK Government, through our Consulate General in Erbil, takes a close interest in the treatment of journalists and human rights activists in the KRI, and they are monitoring the case of Mr Sherwani.

We have always been clear that journalists and political activists should be free to operate without undue interference from security forces or fear of indefinite detention.

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Home Office

Aug. 23 2023

Source Page: Security Minister visits Iraq to strengthen security partnership
Document: Security Minister visits Iraq to strengthen security partnership (webpage)

Found: Security Minister visits Iraq to strengthen security partnership

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Aug. 01 2023

Source Page: UK acknowledges acts of genocide committed by Daesh against Yazidis
Document: UK acknowledges acts of genocide committed by Daesh against Yazidis (webpage)

Found: Iraq.

Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Department for Business and Trade

Jul. 20 2023

Source Page: Overseas business risk for Nicaragua
Document: Overseas business risk for Nicaragua (webpage)

Found: Nicaragua Information on key security and political risks which UK businesses may face when operating in

Departmental Publication (Policy paper)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Jul. 17 2023

Source Page: UK–Iraq development partnership summary
Document: (webpage)

Found: UK–Iraq development partnership summary

Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Jul. 13 2023

Source Page: Human Rights and Democracy Report 2022
Document: Human Rights and Democracy: the 2022 Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office report (PDF)

Found: Ukraine and refugee hosting countries in the region.

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Jul. 04 2023

Source Page: The Second UK-Iraq Strategic Dialogue 2023: joint communiqué
Document: The Second UK-Iraq Strategic Dialogue 2023: joint communiqué (webpage)

Found: The Second UK-Iraq Strategic Dialogue 2023: joint communiqué

Non-Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration

Jun. 29 2023

Source Page: Inspection report on Home Office country of origin information, Iraq and Myanmar (Burma) January 2023.
Document: Inspection report on Home Office country of origin information, Iraq and Myanmar (Burma) January 2023 (PDF)

Found: Inspection report on Home Office country of origin information, Iraq and Myanmar (Burma) January 2023