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VOA Kurdish: Iraqi parliament passes controversial law package


FILE - This photo from Iraqi parliament shows Iraqi lawmakers attending a parliamentary session in Baghdad, Iraq, Oct.13, 2022. (Iraqi Parliament Media Office via AP)
FILE - This photo from Iraqi parliament shows Iraqi lawmakers attending a parliamentary session in Baghdad, Iraq, Oct.13, 2022. (Iraqi Parliament Media Office via AP)

The Iraqi parliament controversially passed three laws as a package on Tuesday: the amended personal status law, a general amnesty law, and the repeal of Ba'athist decisions on Kurdish land in disputed areas. Kurdish lawmakers, under political pressure, voted for the package despite opposing the personal status law and the amnesty law.

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