Iraq

From Kirkuk Cab Driver to Police Chief

IWPR tails Kirkuk’s police chief to find out what it takes to keep the peace on the city’s tough streets.

22 Feb 05

In the Kurdish areas where people are the most receptive to democracy, they still find it hard to register to vote.

22 Feb 05

Does the new collaborative spirit between the two big Kurdish parties come too late to maximise their gains from the election?

22 Feb 05

Thirty years of state manipulation are proving hard for some Iraqis to throw off.

22 Feb 05

Sixteen years after the Kurdish town was hit by a poison gas attack, a man alleged to have supplied the chemicals could be brought to justice.

22 Feb 05

President appears to be taking advantage of West’s focus on Iraq to renew pressure on the media.

22 Feb 05

Human rights organisations are unconvinced by government claims that Hizb ut-Tahrir is preparing to fight for Saddam Hussein's Iraq.

21 Feb 05

Views of French diplomats on Iraqi war ignored in pro-US Uzbek press.

21 Feb 05

Western governments keep silent as number of disputed convictions rise.

21 Feb 05

Poverty driving young men to take dangerous, highly-paid work in Iraq.

21 Feb 05

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