The Day AIDS Arrived at My Hospital
Following World Aids Day, an Iraqi doctor recalls his unsettling first encounter with the disease in sanctions-stricken Baghdad.
4 Dec 09
First Person
The Injustice of Travel Bans
Hundreds of activists not allowed to leave the country, despite constitutional right to freedom of movement
4 Dec 09
Journalist Recalls Phone Threat Ordeal
Congolese reporter speaks of harrowing messages threatening to kill her and two colleagues.
23 Nov 09
Watermelons Replace Bombs on Road to Baghdad
Recent journey along infamous highway invites comparisons with edgier passage at height of insurgency.
10 Nov 09
Fear of Damascus Regime Stymies Protest
Recent minibus driver strike rare protest in country where majority daren’t consider collective action to improve their lives.
6 Nov 09
Regime Erodes Lawyers' Independence
Legal profession is failing to stand up to authorities' abuse of civil rights.
23 Oct 09
Ensnared in Kurdish Election Blame Game
For one IWPR journalist, Iraqi Kurdish poll overshadowed by mystifying allegation of misconduct.
7 Aug 09
Dead Souls Haunt Kurdish Poll
A young idealist finds the deceased appear to have played a role in Iraqi Kurdistan’s recent election.
4 Aug 09
On Seeing the Death of Neda
Syrian journalist tells of being moved by the death of a woman in a Tehran street.
25 Jun 09
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