Committees visited Baghdad, the UK, Sweden, Jordan and Malaysia and had meetings about security, local council management, prisons and social affairs, anti-corruption strategies, national budgets and strategic financial planning.
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Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq chairs second consultation on idea of drafting anti-hate speech bill
Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 26 February 2023 chaired a second consultation on the concept of anti-hate speech legislation, with experts and academics and organizations.
Order of Business for sitting of 1 March 2023, first sitting of the spring session
The Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament Dr. Rewaz Faiq calls MPs to a sitting on Wednesday 1st March 2023 at 11am, the 1st ordinary sitting of the spring session of the fifth year of the fifth term of Parliament. The Presidency of Parliament announces the order of business of the sitting as follows:
Interior, Security and Local Councils Committee in London meet UK parliamentarians and Deputy Mayor of Lambeth
Parliament’s Interior, Security and Local Councils Committee on 21 and 22 February 2023 continued their programme in London by meeting British parliamentarians and the Kurdish-born Deputy Mayor of Lambeth.
Secretary Muna Kahveci conveys best wishes on Turkmen Journalism Day
This celebration commemorates an important era in the history of Turkmen journalism and marks a great cultural turning point. The first Turkmen newspaper, Al- Hawadith, was published on February 25th, 1911.
Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq conveys best wishes on Turkmen Journalism Day
I hope that this anniversary will be an opportunity to strengthen cultural and intellectual ties between all of our diverse communities and to widen the scope of press freedom in Kurdistan Region.
Interior, Security and Local Councils Committee visit UK Parliament
Kurdistan Parliament’s Interior, Security and Local Councils Committee on 21 February 2023 began their visit to the UK with a meeting with the KRG Representative to the UK Mr. Karwan Jamal Tahir, and a visit to the UK Parliament.
Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq chairs discussion on proposal to draft anti-hate speech bill
Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 21 February 2023 chaired a meeting to discuss a proposal to draft an anti-hate speech bill.
Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami bids farewell to UK's Deputy Consul General Mr. Jamie Hamill, welcomes successor Ms. Catherine Shaw
Kurdistan Parliament Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami on 21 February 2023 bid farewell to the UK's outgoing Deputy Consul General Mr. Jamie Hamill, and welcomed his successor Ms. Catherine Shaw.
Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami welcomes Germany’s new Consul General Mr. Klaus Dieter Streicher
Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami on 19 February 2023 welcomed Germany’s new Consul General in Kurdistan Region, Mr. Klaus Dieter Streicher. They discussed political developments, Erbil-Baghdad talks, the next Kurdistan Parliament election, and bilateral relations.