Civic Space in the Arab Region

This observatory seeks to cover and analyze civil society news in the Arab region, and to keep up with civil society in all its challenges and transitions
Jordan's New Cybercrime Law: Further Restrictions on Freedom of Opinion and Expression Association Tunisienne des Femmes Démocratiques Statement on the 11th Anniversary of the Revolution
Iraq: National Report on Civic Space
Sep 10, 2023

The early Council of Representatives elections on October 10, 2021 were a pivotal event in Iraq. The hope was that these elections would be the first step to exit the dysfunctional political reality and to transition towards a system of governance based on the concept of political majority. However, that was not actually the case. The results of the elections instead reflected these increasingly severe social divisions, and they may portend a deterioration of the current situation to unimaginable levels.