Follow-ups 2021-01-13 Spike in suicide cases among IDPs: government, media blamed Family of missing man from Kirkuk point finger at PUK The whereabouts of a man who was detained by a security force in Kirkuk four years Ezidi survivors not allowed school re-entry After escaping years of anguish in ISIS captivity, Zhiyan Khaleel is deprived of the right to 2020 was abysmal for press freedom in Iraq The year 2020 was harsh for the press across Iraq; four journalists were killed and 305 Iraq’s Baha'is still deprived religious freedom “Despite the change of the governing regime in Iraq, we, the Baha’i, are still deprived of Turkmen women complain of marginalization in politics Turkmen women’s rights activists believe that Turkmen women have had their share of prejudice and inequality Press freedom shrinks in Iraqi Kurdistan Region Karzan Tariq sought to serve as eyes for the people during the protests in the Kurdistan Unmendable Ezidi heart: Mother Shamé experiences ISIS horrors While praying and wailing, she often raises her hands and looks upwards asking “God, what have Lack of government effort in rebuilding Ezidi places of worship Funding for the reconstruction of the destroyed Ezidi places of worship and shrines in Nineveh province Mosul bridges reconstructed at lumbering pace The bridges in Mosul over the Tigris river were the most damaged infrastructure during the ISIS IDPs removed from camps, including those unable to return All the IDP camps in the provinces Kirkuk, Diyala and Salahuddin have been emptied and the Turkmens in Tal Afar speak of positive sides of displacement “Perhaps every malignant [thing] has benefits [too]. Always look at issues from a positive perspective; for Turkmen women break social shackles in conservative Tal Afar 48-year-old Ibtisam Muhammad Sa’eed al-Hayu lived in a society in which the most a girl can 1 2 3 4 5 6 7