ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq’s justice ministry on Sunday said it is holding 65,000 prisoners across the country, excluding ...

The Iraqi parliament has passed an amnesty law that could lead to the release of thousands of prisoners, including Iraqis ...

Three Sunni-majority provinces have declared Wednesday holiday in protest to the federal supreme court’s ruling to ...

The measures in question include a general amnesty law, new personal status legislation, and a law on the restitution of ...

Iraq’s top court has suspended implementation of three controversial bills passed last month by the country’s parliament, ...

Amid strong protest by all three opposition parties, the Pakistan Peoples Party, based on its numeric majority in the Sindh Assembly, got passed the Sindh Universities and Institutes Laws (Amendment) ...

The ‘Personal Status Law’ approved without a parliamentary vote alarms activists and civil society. The fear of a ‘disintegration’ of the family and a step backwards in the rol ...

The law grants retrials to those convicted of a number of crimes. The Taqadom party, the most influential Sunni bloc, welcomed the adoption of the amnesty law. Iraq's Sunni community has been the ...

Human rights groups warn of 'disastrous effects' as some clerics interpret Islamic law as allowing girls to be married as ...

Iraq’s top court suspended implementation of three controversial laws passed last ...