Activities News Dakok Organization for Rights and FreedomAnnual Report 2025 December 31, 2025 Kuzhein Mahmood (Website Administrator) No Comments The year 2025 represented a period of substantial growth, institutional consolidation, and expanded public engagement for the Dakok Organization for Rights and Freedoms. Throughout the reporting period, Dakok successfully planned,…
Opinion Freedom in the Kurdistan Region has been buried under corruption and fear. December 11, 2025 Kuzhein Mahmood (Website Administrator) No Comments Ranj Bakhtyar Saeed – activists Today in the Kurdistan Region, the KDP and PUK have turned the dream and blood of freedom into a nightmare. What was once a historic…
Opinion Floods and Foreseeable Neglect December 10, 2025 Kuzhein Mahmood (Website Administrator) No Comments Hastiar Ebrahim Smail – Activists From Chamchamal to Erbil and Baghdad, the recent floods have once again revealed the entrenched corruption and administrative failure that characterise governance in this country.…
Opinion The Nation and the Complicity of the Salaried Elite November 29, 2025 Kuzhein Mahmood (Website Administrator) No Comments Sherwan Hassan – Activists The political and administrative trajectory of the Kurdistan Region reveals a deliberate pattern of governance in which public interests are subordinated to the personal, familial, and…
Activities Dakok’s Urgent Concern Regarding the Growing Influence of Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) in Iraq November 13, 2025 Kuzhein Mahmood (Website Administrator) No Comments The UK-registered human rights organisation Dakok has issued a strong warning regarding the accelerating political, economic, and military influence of Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces – PMF) across Iraq. This…
Opinion Iraq and the Elections October 28, 2025 Kuzhein Mahmood (Website Administrator) No Comments Ahmad Omer Tofiq – Activists The sixth round of Iraq’s parliamentary elections is set to take place on November 11, and once again, the Kurdistan Region—with its several ineffective, inexperienced,…
Activities Birmingham Commemoration of Martyr Jihan Taha in Birmingham October 27, 2025 Kuzhein Mahmood (Website Administrator) No Comments On October 26, 2025, in Birmingham, the Dakok Organization for Rights and Freedom held a solemn commemoration to mark the second anniversary of the martyrdom of teacher Jihan Taha. This…
Opinion Salafism and the Threat It Poses October 15, 2025 Kuzhein Mahmood (Website Administrator) No Comments Asaad Hussein – Activists If we look at history and the arrival of Salafism in Kurdistan, it becomes clear that Salafi movements have been mobilized—like other ideological currents—into powerful social…
Opinion The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF): A Lawless Threat October 15, 2025 Kuzhein Mahmood (Website Administrator) No Comments Ahmad Jalal -Activsts We live in an era that should embody democracy and freedom. Yet, in a country like Iraq—where genuine democratic governance ought to be established—the presence of an…
Opinion Hashd al-Shaabi: A Militia Above the Law and a Threat to Iraq’s Stability October 9, 2025 Kuzhein Mahmood (Website Administrator) 1 Comment Yashar S Ahmad In the years since its formation, Hashd al-Shaabi — or the Popular Mobilization Forces — has evolved far beyond the original justification for its existence. Once presented…