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Alliance 19 Network: 335 Protests and Acts of Dissent Recorded in Kurdistan Region Over Nine Months 47% of the activities took place in Sulaymaniyah, 22% in Erbil, and 7% in Duhok.
بڵاوکراوەتەوە لە : 4 تشرینی یەکەم 2026
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🔻 Alliance 19 Network has released a statement on protests and acts of dissent:
Alliance 19 Network, established by a group of organizations and human rights advocates and supervised by the Metro Center, works to defend the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international instruments concerning rights and freedoms, particularly Article 19 of the Declaration.
During the first nine months of 2026, citizens organized 335 protest activities across cities in the Kurdistan Region.
Types of protest activities:
198 gatherings
87 conferences
19 marches
19 road blockades
5 boycotts
4 strikes
3 petition campaigns
Protests by location:
158 activities in Sulaymaniyah
74 activities in Erbil
23 activities in Duhok
13 activities in Halabja
34 activities in the Raparin Independent Administration
25 activities in the Garmian Independent Administration
8 activities in the Soran Independent Administration
Demands behind the protests:
101 in support of Western Kurdistan (Rojava)
31 concerning public services
25 concerning employment
26 concerning students' rights
17 concerning financial entitlements
15 concerning the rule of law
15 demanding 24-hour electricity
4 concerning farmers' rights
4 concerning the rights of contract teachers and employees
4 concerning the rights of school shop owners
4 concerning the rights of private generator owners
3 concerning the rights of families of Anfal and genocide victims
3 demanding tax reductions
3 concerning residency rights
2 concerning the rights of people with special needs
2 concerning women's rights
2 concerning workers' rights
2 concerning healthcare
2 concerning animal rights
1 concerning journalists' rights
1 concerning environmental protection
68 involving various other demands.
Editorial note: The location figures in the statement add up to 335. The percentages in the headline are rounded figures based on the total number of activities.
