| Agency Name: | Kurdistan Asayish |
| Nativename A: | Asayîşa Herêma Kurdistanê |
| Nativename R: | ئاسایشی هەرێمی کوردستان |
| Seal: | Asaysh (Kurdistan Region) Logo.png |
| Employees: | 10000+ - 12000+ |
| Headquarters: | Erbil, Duhok and Sulaymaniyah |
| Chief1 Name: | Dr. Xesrew GulIsmet Erguşî |
| Parent Agency: | Kurdistan Region Security Council |
Asayîş or Asayish (Kurdish for security[1]) is the Kurdish security organization and the primary intelligence agency operating in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq. The organization was established in September 1993[2] and has been often referred to as an "intelligence agency",[3] "security force", "security service",[4] "security",[5] "secret service",[6] "secret police",[7] or just "Kurdish police." Asayish coordinates and shares information with Parastin u Zanyari, the investigative arms and intelligence gatherers operating in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq.
It acts under the command of the Kurdistan Parliament and the Kurdistan Regional Government.
Its official goals according to the Kurdistan Regional Government are the following:
The organization has jurisdiction over a lot of things including:
In 2009 Amnesty International accused Asayish of abusing human rights, including torture and other ill-treatment, and claimed that the agency was "above the law" in Iraqi Kurdistan.[8] The Kurdistan Regional Government criticized Amnesty by stating:
In November 2016, Amnesty International reported that Kurdish authorities (namely Peshmerga and Asayish) had taken part in Kurdification, by forcefully displacing Arabs in Kirkuk by bulldozing homes and banishing the residents.[9]