Resistance Against Destruction of Taksim Gezi Park

Resistance Against Destruction of Taksim Gezi Park

——————————————————————————————————————————————————————-This is a call for INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY International Human Rights Organizations and Dear Friends, Comrades, Press Members from all over...

  • Civil Society News
Gezi Park Voices: “We Exist, We are Here and We Have Demands”.

Gezi Park Voices: “We Exist, We are Here and We Have Demands”.

This is the latest press statement of the Taksim Solidarity – http://taksimdayanisma.org/ *** To the Government and the people of the...

  • Civil Society News
Is Another Iraq Possible?

Is Another Iraq Possible?

As I sit in front of my computer, reading the news about the escalation in violence in Iraq, my heart...

  • Democracy
Rivers Unite, Dams Divide: A Struggle to Protect Rivers and Preserve Life

Rivers Unite, Dams Divide: A Struggle to Protect Rivers and Preserve Life

“The struggle of the Mapuche, Hasankeyf and the Indigenous people of the Amazon, is a struggle to preserve the planet”...

  • Environment
Demonstration of employees in the Ministry of Commerce

Demonstration of employees in the Ministry of Commerce

28/05/2013 Dozens of male and female workers of the Ministry of Commerce’s companies and sections organized an open sit-in at...

  • Social and Economic Rights
International Activists Block Ilısu Dam Construction Site

International Activists Block Ilısu Dam Construction Site

Press Release: International Activists Block Ilisu Dam Construction Site Source: Damocracy Representative from the Save the Tigris Campaign  participated in...

  • Anti-Dams Actions
The 2013 World Social Forum, a big  success in the path of the WSF

The 2013 World Social Forum, a big success in the path of the WSF

Ahmad Jaradat Alternative Information Center- Palestine The 2013 edition of the World Social Forum took place between the 26 to...

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Iraqi Elections: the silent majority and a new wave of violence

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...

  • Iraqi Voices
There is no “crime”, Drop the Charges!

There is no “crime”, Drop the Charges!

ICSSI – May the 3rd  2013 The legal case against the trade unionist and human rights defender, Hassan Juma Awad...

  • Social and Economic Rights
In Iraqi Kurdistan Those Who Murder Women Go Free

In Iraqi Kurdistan Those Who Murder Women Go Free

“There is definitely a light at the end of the tunnel. And we are here for the long haul.” –...

  • Human Rights
Meet Me in Hasankeyf: Culture, People and Politics in Hasankeyf

Meet Me in Hasankeyf: Culture, People and Politics in Hasankeyf

After our session on global solidarity against water grabs, I headed to south east Turkey, to the region where the...

  • Environment
Journalists in Iraq risk their lives and “Journalists Rights Law” needs amendments

Journalists in Iraq risk their lives and “Journalists Rights Law” needs amendments

On the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day, the head of the UN mission in Iraq Martin Kobler reported...

  • Freedom of Expression