Hassan Nassiri

Stories

Second-floor voting: Iraqis that can’t reach ballot boxes 

We interviewed 12 organisations concerned with the affairs of disabled people in Iraq and eight people with mobility and visual disabilities who were unable to participate in the 2021 elections. They unanimously agreed that the government had failed to facilitate their participation in voting over the past two decades. Will this be repeated in local elections? For days before the parliamentary elections on October 10, 2021, Mohammed Al-Ajeeli hoped to participate and vote for the candidate he deemed worthy.

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We fell into a trap: How do foreign workers live in Iraq? 

Foreign workers tell the story of escaping from their countries, arriving in Iraq in search of better lives. They reveal what they faced, from brokers and middlemen to smugglers and those who benefit from illegal immigration. How do foreign workers live in Iraq?

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The Department of Justice’s prison uniforms bring disease to Iraq: After the investigation, the itching began

If you put on one of the detention centre uniforms in Iraq, there is a possibility that you will contract a skin disease such as scabies. After the investigation, the itching begins. On infected uniforms in prisons and detention centres in Iraq.

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“If you don’t confess, we will bring your mother in your place.” When four youths visit a hospital, it turns into a nightmare in the name of the so-called fight against terrorism. 

This is the story of four youths, the eldest of whom was 13 years old, who visited a patient at the Women and Children Hospital in Diwaniyah province. The visit turned into a nightmare after they were arrested, with accusations levelled at them of burning down the hospital on January 8, 2024, and causing the death of four premature babies.

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From Baghdad to Europe via Russia: Iraqi youth are commodified by smuggling networks 

The smuggler “Abu Hussam” gathered five Iraqi youths, including Zaid, through the social media platform, Telegram and arranged false documents to smuggle them to Europe. In an investigation the secrets of smuggling networks to Europe have been revealed by Jummar. The five young men dressed in formal suits, passed through Sharjah, then Moscow and Poland, all the way to Germany. This is the story of a journey of escape of a young man and four of his friends.