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Iraq[edit]
Endangered Heritage in Iraq[edit]
The World Monuments Fund World Monuments Watch lists all sites in Iraq as in danger, additionally 4 sites are listed on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
- Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat)
- Hatra
- Samarra Archaeological City
- Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls
Wikimedia activity in Iraq[edit]
Iraqi Wikimedians user group is active, and Iraq participated in Wiki Loves Monuments in 2014.
Immovable cultural heritage management in Iraq[edit]
A list of built cultural heritage in Iraq exists at the State Board of Antiquities and Heritage (SBAH), two books hold the built heritage register of Iraq:
- Book printed in 1970 comprising a register of archaeological/heritage sites in Iraq
- Book printed in 2016 comprising a national register of sites not included in the 1970 register.
Legal protection for immovable cultural heritage works in Iraq[edit]
Policy decisions on access to public information[edit]
Legislations hindering the distribution of pictures in Iraq[edit]
There is no freedom of panorama in Iraq.