Reports 2021-10-21 Kurds and Arabs in Kirkuk: equal votes yet different seats One year prison for two activists detained since 14 months Before calling in Badal Barwari, a teacher from Duhok, and Omed Baroshki, a freelance Motorists of Kurdistan region agitate fuel shortage in Mosul Drivers of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region IKR are resorting to state-run petrol stations in Two elected Kaka’i MPs to fight for a quota seat It’s the first time in the history of Iraq that two members of the 10 of Kirkuk detainees still in prison, 55 released to go on trial 10 Out of 65 Kurdish residents of Kirkuk are still in prison for charges PM puts out Kirkuk fire ignited by Kurdish political parties The Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi has decided to release tens of Kurdish residents Shingal: KDP pleased yet PUK disappointed The Kurdistan Democratic Party KDP, led by Masoud Barzani is not the leading party Part of IDPs unsatisfied with special voting Ilyas Qasim is originally from Tal Banat of Shingal district, home to the ezidi Shabak dream to pass quota seat The Shabak community in Ninewa has registered eight candidates for one quota seat allocated KDP access to Shingal (Sinjar) denied by pro-PKK council A council administering the district of Shingal, home town of the Ezidi community, and Turkmen political parties in Erbil avoid election risk None of the 12 Turkmen parties in Erbil have any candidate for Iraqi parliament Scattered Arab candidates dissipate votes The Arab component is running for the parliamentary race with 60 candidates for the Abduction, a nightmare for Makhmur residents Despite the pledges by local officials that the security situation is improving and under 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ... 25 26
