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4 February - The Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament Dr. Rewas Faiq welcomed representatives of the town of Ranya and heard their concerns and complaints.

4 February - The Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament Dr. Rewaz Faiq welcomed Ms. Ancuta Hansen, Iraq Country Director of the National Democratic Institute (NDI), and her colleagues.

4 February - Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq received survivors of the Anfal Genocide. They called on the Kurdistan Parliament to amend the Law on the Rights of Genocide Survivors (Law No. 9 of 2015).

The Culture Committee continues to look into the expenditure for Erbil as the 2014 tourism capital; the Women's Rights committee and the Minister of Endowments and Religious Affairs discussed how to coordinate their work to protect women's rights.

The Kurdistan Parliament committee that was formed to look into the death of Majid Brahim (also known as Majid Haruty), who died while detained by Erbil Security, presented the following findings on the case on 30 January:

Kurdistan Parliament Deputy Speaker Hemin Hawrami on 2 February met with Kuwait’s Consul General in Kurdistan Region, Dr. Omar Al-Kanderi. The Consul General said that Kurdistan Region is a good model for rest of Iraq to follow.

Kurdistan Parliament Deputy Speaker Hemin Hawrami on 2 February welcomed Sweden’s new Ambassador to Iraq Lars Ronnås, on his first visit to the Kurdistan Parliament. Ambassador Ronnås said that the recently passed Reform Law is very encouraging and goes to the heart of public management.

Kurdistan Parliament Secretary Muna Kahveci on 1 February 2020 visited the Kurdistan Workers and Toilers Party office to congratulate the members on the party’s 25th anniversary.

Kurdistan Parliament’s Presidency conveys best wishes to Yazidis in Kurdistan and the world on 40 Days of Winter Festival, in the following message.