Earlier this month, nine human rights groups including AccessNow, Amnesty International and the the Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights published a statement urging the Iraqi parliament to withdraw the bill:
Mapema mwezi huu, makundi tisa ya haki za binadamu pamoja na AccessNow, Amnesty International na waangalizi wa haki za binadamu walichapisha  kauli ya kuliomba bunge la Irak kutupilia mbali mswaada huo.