Freedom of Expression is Severely Threatened: Attacks on Journalists and Human Rights Defenders are Multiplying and the Government is Powerless to Stop Them!

Freedom of Expression is Severely Threatened: Attacks on Journalists and Human Rights Defenders are Multiplying and the Government is Powerless to Stop Them!

Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI) March 2016 With the growth of peaceful protests and demands for radical change and...

  • Freedom of Expression
Joint Strategy Workshop: Iraqi Social Forum and Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative

Joint Strategy Workshop: Iraqi Social Forum and Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative

11 to 14 February 2016 – Istanbul, Turkey For four days, from February 11 to 14, 2016, members of the...

  • Iraqi Social Forum (ISF)
The Union of Kurdish Students in Syria stands in solidarity with Iraqi activists

The Union of Kurdish Students in Syria stands in solidarity with Iraqi activists

Dilibrin Khalil (UKSSD) – Istanbul, February 2016.   The Union of Kurdish Students in Syria and Deutschland (UKSSD) was established...

  • Nonviolence
Iraqi unions and the opportunity to play a key role in social forums

Iraqi unions and the opportunity to play a key role in social forums

Wesam Chasib Oudah (Iraq Program Manager, Solidarity Center), February 2016. Iraqi unions and the signs of hope The load of...

  • Iraqi Social Forum (ISF)
Back to Iraq: US Military Contractors Return In Droves

Back to Iraq: US Military Contractors Return In Droves

MARCUS WEISGERBER – Defense One Behind the president’s directive to ‘accelerate’ the counter-ISIS campaign came a surge in the number...

  • Civil Society News
Iraq: Are Women Going To Be Represented in the New Cabinet?

Iraq: Are Women Going To Be Represented in the New Cabinet?

Muhamed Hassan – Feb 22, 2016 – Immersed in Thinking Blog. Iraqi politics has been sharply defined by the absence...

  • Right of Political Participation of Women
A Shocking Attack on Peaceful Protesters in Nasiriyah — We Demand that the Offenders be held Accountable!  

A Shocking Attack on Peaceful Protesters in Nasiriyah — We Demand that the Offenders be held Accountable!  

Istanbul – February 2016 Statement released by the Iraqi Social Forum and The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI)  ...

  • Human Rights
Post-Daesh Problems: Diyala Province Undergoing Violent Ethnic and Sectarian Cleansing

Post-Daesh Problems: Diyala Province Undergoing Violent Ethnic and Sectarian Cleansing

Aida Al-Khatib – Niqash Locals in Diyala province say the area is undergoing ethnic and sectarian “cleansing”. Sunnis are not...

  • Civil Society News
Kemal Erdogan’s Second Turkish Revolution

Kemal Erdogan’s Second Turkish Revolution

Soner Cagaptay – Washington Institute The Turkish leader seems intent on uprooting the Ottoman legacy and restoring Islam’s central role. Turkish...

  • Civil Society News
Sectarian is A Widespread Plague over the Digital Space

Sectarian is A Widespread Plague over the Digital Space

From the Study of Alexandra Siegel on Sectarianism and Counter Sectarianism Online Carnegie Endowment for Internationals Peace From fiery sermons...

  • Civil Society News
A Clear Violation of Freedom of Expression in Iraqi Kurdistan!

A Clear Violation of Freedom of Expression in Iraqi Kurdistan!

On the morning of Sunday 31 January 2016, in front of the Kurdistan Region Parliament – Iraq, in its capital,...

  • Freedom of Expression
What’s Next for Anbar?

What’s Next for Anbar?

Omar Sattar – AlMonitor Baghdad — The city of Ramadi was liberated on Dec. 28, and Iraqi security troops accompanied by...

  • Civil Society News