Iraqi Elections: the silent majority and a new wave of violence
The Iraq Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI) Written by: Ismaeel Dawood and Terry Kay Rockefeller , May 2013 Boycotts and Protests Provincial elections were held in two thirds of the Iraqi governorates this year on the 20th of April. The central government chose to postpone elections in Anbar and Ninevah, the two governorates that have...
A Nother Iraq is Possible … Iraq of Peace, Human Rights and Social Justice
The Iraqi Social Forum prospects and challenges Towards the establishment of the Iraqi Social Forum A working paper submitted by the preparatory committee of the Iraqi Social Forum with the contribution of the Iraqi delegation in the works of the World Social Forum in Tunisia For the period 26 – 30 March, 2013 Iraqis are...
Oakland Labor Committee Shows Solidarity with Iraqi Oil Union Leader
At its monthly meeting in Oakland at the hearquarters of CA Nurses Association, the Bay Area Labor Committee for Peace & Justice demonstrated its solidarity with Hassan Juma’a Awad, President of the Iraq Federation of Oil Unions with this photo and adoption of the resolution below. Brother Hassan faces criminal charges filed by the Ministry...
Iraqi Minorities, A Spring Experience In Crisis
Hussam Abdullah Ali A paper submitted by the Azidi Solidarity and Fraternity League, part of the contribution of the Iraqi delegation to the World Social Forum – Tunisia – 26-30 – March 2013 The political, economic and social crises in Iraq still go on ,as well the suffering of Iraqi minorities ! Minorities in Iraq...
International solidarity efforts for Hassan Juma Awad and the oil workers of Iraq must continue.
More and more National and International Unions, Labor Federations and Nongovernmental organization (NGOs) are signing our letter to Prime Minister al-Maliki in solidarity with Iraqi union leader Hassan Juma Awad. Currently 37 National and International Unions and Labor Federations, 32 Local Unions and 44 Nongovernmental organization (NGOs) ;have signed our letter . We have been...
Drop charges against Iraqi Union Leader and Human Rights Defender Hassan Juma Awad and his colleagues
Hassan Juma Awad is the leader of the Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions, who contributed to rebuilding the Iraqi oil industry after the occupation. Now he is facing charges in Basra because of his activism to protect workers’ rights. On March 20, exactly ten years after the beginning of the war on Iraq, he will...
Call For Urgent Action To Release Prisoner Of Conscience Ahmed al-Qubbanji
UPDATE: 031013 The Iraqi thinker Ahmed al-Qubbanji has been released today. He will hold a press release in Baghdad today! Source- Al Sumariya The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI) supports the demands and the campaigns launched by the Iraqi organizations and activists. They are demanding the release of Iraqi thinker Ahmed al-Qubbanji, who has been...
Release The Iraqi intellectual and thinker, Ahmed Al-Qubbanji- arrested by Iranian authorities
Appeal for Urgent Action To Release Iraqi intellectual and thinker, Mr. Ahmed Al-Qubbanji, arrested by Iranian authorities We are very concerned for the fate of the Iraqi intellectual and thinker, Mr. Ahmed al-Qubbanji, who was arrested by the Iranian authorities in the city of Qom on 17th February 2013. The reasons for his arrest...
Symbol of Iraqi Resistance: Fallujah Revisited
by HAIFA ZANGANA Counter Punch It took the British government five weeks to take note of the mass demonstrations in Iraq. These started last week of 2012 and are comparable in size, energy, and peaceful nature to the protests that toppled other Arab regimes, albeit expanding mainly in the capitals of the four central Iraqi...
Iraq: A Broken Justice System
Iraq: A Broken Justice System Ten Years after Invasion, Opponents Punished, Trial Rights Ignored JANUARY 31, 2013 Human Rights Watch “After decades of dictatorship, occupation, and terrorism, the Iraqi people today face a government that is slipping further into authoritarianism and doing little to make them safer” Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director (Baghdad)...
Immediate Release of Nadir Dendoune, Respect Freedom of Press and More Protection for Journalists Working in Iraq.
UPDATE 030313: According to Reporters without Borders website, Dendoune, a visiting journalist with French, Australian and Algerian nationality who wasreleased on bail of 10 million dinars (6,500 euros) on 14 February after 23 days in detention in Baghdad, is still being prevented from leaving Iraq. Why hasn’t he been allowed to return to France? 1- First of...
Iraqi Civil Society Organizations: “Escalating political conflict among leaders of the major blocks endangers the unity of Iraqi society and reflects negatively on civil peace”
Baghdad : 16 Iraqi civil society organizations sent an open letter to the presidency of Iraq stating that: the escalating conflict among leaders of the major political blocks endangers the unity of Iraqi society and reflects negatively on civil peace. Read below the complete statement: Your Excellency, Presidency of the Republic Your Excellency, Presidency of the...