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Hemin Mamand

Hemin Mamand

HRD, Journalist

Hemin Mamand is a Kurdish journalist and human rights defender. He has previously worked with Azhan newspaper and Mewda press, focusing on the issue of corruption in the Kurdish government, and promoting freedom of expression in Iraqi Kurdistan.
 

Iraq

In the Kurdistan region of Iraq the general situation for human rights defenders in the area remains precarious with excessive force commonly used by police, and widespread torture of detainees and attacks on journalists.