Ayaz Shalal, Deputy Director of the Rasan Organisation, tells SBS Kurdish about the work of their organisation and the way in which they work to break social taboos, educate the community and help ...

A court in the Kurdistan region of Iraq dealt independent civil society a blow on May 31, 2023, by ordering the closure of Rasan Organization over “its activities in the field of homosexuality." ...

Ayaz Shalal Deputy Director of Rasan Organisation, speaks to us about the work of their organisation and the way in which they work to break social taboos, educate the community, ...

The plan, said Rasan's deputy director Ayaz Shalal, was to strategically place the murals near the entrance of the city so "everyone who comes to the city and leaves the city will see these murals".

Campaigners in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region have reacted with alarm to a new bill passing through the devolved parliament that could see LGBTQ+ advocacy banned.. The bill, proposed by an MP ...