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Iraqi Social Forum 2015 and ICSSI Newsletter #6 year 2015



Participate in the Extended Iraqi Social Forum 2015!

The Iraqi Social Forum on Coexistence and Civil Peace will take place in Baghdad on 1-3 October 2015. If you can not be there, participate in the Extended Iraqi Social Forum 2015 from everywhere in the world! Organize a solidarity activity in your city, or arrange a chat/call/video-conference with a group in Baghdad during the forum, or watch livestream ISF activities online! >>



The Threat of Ilisu Dam and the Failure of the Iraqi Government to Protect Iraqi's Right to Water

Press Statement by "Save the Tigris and Iraqi Marshes Campaign" attending the Iraqi review by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, where civil society submitted a shadow report. The campaign urges the Iraqi government to respond to civil society and the campaign's calls for the protection of the Tigris River, and to take immediate action regarding Iraq's water flows. >>



Festival in Nasiriyah Celebrating Religious and Cultural Diversity

In an atmosphere of love and peace, within the Iraqi Social Forum process, approximately 500 people gathered to attend a big festival on religious and cultural diversity in Nasiriyah city. The festival included cultural, social and artistic activities, and involved people of many different religions and faiths, such as Mandaeans and Muslims (Shiites and Sunnis). Civil society activists from all communities of Nasiriyah participated. >>



A New Statement Emerges From Iraqi Protestors: We Will Continue Until We Achieve Our Legitimate Demands

It has been six weeks since the peaceful demonstrations in Baghdad and the Iraqi provinces began, and there has yet to be a real response from the Iraqi government, to the legitimate calls from the demonstrators to reform the political system, to hold corrupt officials accountable, and to deliver necessary services to Iraqi people. >>



A localised Approach on Consensus-building and Reconciliation in Iraq

Dutch peace organisation PAX calls for a localised approach on consensus-building and reconciliation in Iraq. A context-tailored approach towards good governance and accountable leadership is particularly relevant in the areas recently recaptured from ISIS. >>





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