Iraq: Dire Winter Conditions Expose Shocking Gaps in Humanitarian Assistance for Thousands Displaced
Source: Amnesty A lack of coordination and major gaps in humanitarian assistance is causing untold hardship for many of the...
A Brutal “Torture Report,” but No Accountability!
Source: Truthout The long-awaited “torture report” released today by the Senate Intelligence Committee on the CIA’s top secret, post-9/11 torture...
STOP TORTURE: Accountability: YES – Impunity: NO!
Source: brussellstribunal This petition will be delivered to: US Government – International Criminal Court – President of the UN General Assembly...
Iraqis Wage New Battle for Freedoms!
Shukur Khilkhal – Al-monitor The battle over civil liberties has erupted again, after a draft law written under the government of...
A New Northern Frontline Where Iraq’s Kurds and Shiites are Facing Off!
niqash | Sulaymaniyah In Iraq’s northern disputed territories, minor skirmishes, rumours of looting, arson and speculation about political power plays...
Final Declaration of the Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative Conference Oslo, Norway, 27-29 October 2014
For three days, a group of Iraqi and international civil society activists met in the Norwegian city of Oslo to...
Civil Society, Civil Forces and the Crisis of Democracy in Iraq
Ismael Dawood The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative Paper prepared for ICSSI conference in Oslo – Norway – 2014 ...
MPs Declare Recent Government Decisions “Unfair” and Against the Interests of the Public Sector, as Companies within the Industrial Sector Assert that 250 000 Workers may Risk Pay Cuts!
Al-Mada Press/ Baghdad On Thursday, company representatives from the Ministry of Industry and Minerals demanded that the parliament put pressure...
‘Ghost’ Soldiers, Funding Issues, Lack of Morale, Unity Shatter Iraqi Army!
According to the recently revealed results of a governmental investigation, practically every fifth soldier of the Iraqi armed forces existed...
For Yazidi Women, Escaping ISIS Doesn’t Mean The Ordeal Is Over!
NPR – December 10, 2014 Barzan is a young Yazidi man, with sad blue eyes. His mother, five of his sisters...
Abdul-Mahdi: Now Real Work Begins for Baghdad, Erbil!
Cengiz Çandar – Al-monitor Adel Abdul-Mahdi, Iraq’s former vice president and current oil minister in Haider al-Abadi’s government, spotted me aboard...
Stop Ilisu – Stop Destruction and Instability!
Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive Batman/Turkey Press Release – 05.12.2014 Ilisu Dam’s construction may be continued after a 4 month halt! ...