Urgent Call To Save Iraqi Minorities

Urgent Call To Save Iraqi Minorities

Appeal by Un ponte per…  August 2014 The war in Iraq may cause the extermination of the last Christian, Yazidi,...

  • Press Release
WLP: ISIS Targeting Women, International Action Needed Now

WLP: ISIS Targeting Women, International Action Needed Now

By Women’s Learning Partnership (WLP) for Rights, Development and Peace, August 7, 2014. The news coming from our partners on...

  • Right of Political Participation of Women
Protection of Civilians in the Non International Armed Conflict in Iraq

Protection of Civilians in the Non International Armed Conflict in Iraq

Report by : United Nations Assistance Mission For Iraq (UNAMI) – Human Rights Office 5 June – 5 July 2014...

  • Civil Society News
Press Statement by WADI on The Current Situation in Sinjar (Iraq)

Press Statement by WADI on The Current Situation in Sinjar (Iraq)

By WADI, Association for Crisis Assistance and Solidary Development Cooperation. Wadi calls the German Federal Government to provide support by...

  • Minorities and IDPs
The Trapped Yezidis in the Sinjar Mountains Represent a Humanitarian Disaster!

The Trapped Yezidis in the Sinjar Mountains Represent a Humanitarian Disaster!

The Brotherhood and Solidarity Association of Yezidi renewed their call to the whole world to intervene immediately to help the...

  • Minorities and IDPs
Will Iraqi Blacks Win Justice?

Will Iraqi Blacks Win Justice?

By SAAD SALLOUM, JULY 22, 2014. BAGHDAD — Jalal Dhiyab Thijeel was tall, funny and handsome, qualities that should have...

  • Human Rights
USA: Resolution Against New Iraq War Passes House in Landslide

USA: Resolution Against New Iraq War Passes House in Landslide

Published on Friday, July 25, 2014 on CommonDreams, by Sarah Lazare. Peace campaigners say passage is important step in effort...

  • Civil Society News
Selective Treatment for IDPs in Kurdistan!

Selective Treatment for IDPs in Kurdistan!

ERBIL, 16 July 2014 (IRIN)  Concern is growing over how the semi-autonomous government of Iraqi Kurdistan is managing its borders...

  • Civil Society News
Iraqi Pm’s Talk of Majority Govt Will Come to Nothing – And It’s His Own Fault!

Iraqi Pm’s Talk of Majority Govt Will Come to Nothing – And It’s His Own Fault!

Niqash | Baghdad  The Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, has been talking about the need for a majority government because...

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One in Four Women in Central and Southern Iraq is Affected by Female Genital Mutilation, New Study Suggests!

One in Four Women in Central and Southern Iraq is Affected by Female Genital Mutilation, New Study Suggests!

Source: wadi-online A first independent study on female genital mutilation in central/southern Iraq finds that 25% of the women in these...

  • Right of Political Participation of Women
Water and its Infrastructure are not Weapons of War, Protect Civilians’ Right to Water in Iraq

Water and its Infrastructure are not Weapons of War, Protect Civilians’ Right to Water in Iraq

Save the Tigris and Iraqi Marshes Campaign Tuesday 15 July 2014   The Save the Tigris and Iraqi Marshes Campaign...

  • Environment
Iraq: Evidence of spiralling sectarian killings and abductions

Iraq: Evidence of spiralling sectarian killings and abductions

Amnesty International – after spreading evidence of extrajudicial executions of detainees by government forces and Shi’a militias in the Iraqi...

  • Civil Society News