Public Statement: Condemning the Targeting of Environmental Defenders and the Undermining of Constitutional Freedoms in Maysan Governorate

Public Statement: Condemning the Targeting of Environmental Defenders and the Undermining of Constitutional Freedoms in Maysan Governorate

Iraq – Maysan | April 29, 2026 The undersigned organizations follow with grave concern the systematic escalation against environmental activist...

  • Civil Society News
Hundreds of Demonstrations, Thousands of Protesters – PFO monitoring report

Hundreds of Demonstrations, Thousands of Protesters – PFO monitoring report

The Peace and Freedom Organization (PFO) has released a new monitoring report documenting the deepening labor and socio-economic crisis in...

  • End Cross-Border Bombings
The collective body of govend: Kurdish dance, belonging, and resistance

The collective body of govend: Kurdish dance, belonging, and resistance

In many contexts, dancing is associated with celebration, festivity, and the intimacy of a community coming together. But there are...

  • Heritage Protection
A Conversation with Youth of Sumud in Masafer Yatta: Activism, Daily Life, and the Death Penalty Law

A Conversation with Youth of Sumud in Masafer Yatta: Activism, Daily Life, and the Death Penalty Law

Written by Aïcha Bentbelkheir In Masafer Yatta and its surrounding villages in the South Hebron Hills, a group of young...

  • Human Rights
Akitu: Identity, Land, Heritage, and Resilience

Akitu: Identity, Land, Heritage, and Resilience

Akitu has begun again this year.To mark this new edition, we are sharing a piece emerging from a conversation between...

  • Heritage Protection
Water and Women: When a Drop of Water Becomes a Matter of Justice

Water and Women: When a Drop of Water Becomes a Matter of Justice

By Lodya Remon, an Iraqi feminist and environmental activist. With the start of Water Week, the discussion about water transcends...

  • Water Protection
Marriage Without Safeguards: The Consequences of Iraq’s Personal Status Code

Marriage Without Safeguards: The Consequences of Iraq’s Personal Status Code

Published in: Human Rights Watch & Jummar Media – February 24, 2026 Wrote by Sarah Sanbar Iraq Researcher, Middle East...

  • Women Rights
ICSSI Echoes the Call by Humat Dijla & the PIHN Campaign

ICSSI Echoes the Call by Humat Dijla & the PIHN Campaign

In light of the recent alarming developments, the Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI) fully supports and echoes the statements...

  • Environment
ICSSI Statement on the Assassination of Yanar Mohammed

ICSSI Statement on the Assassination of Yanar Mohammed

ICSSI is devastated by the killing of Yanar Mohammed, President and co-founder of the Organisation of Women’s Freedom in Iraq...

  • Women Rights
From sympathy to feminist solidarity with Palestinian women facing genocide

From sympathy to feminist solidarity with Palestinian women facing genocide

Ashjan Ajour This article was published in the International Feminist Journal of Politics, Volume 27, Issue 1 (2025). Available here...

  • Right of Political Participation of Women
Iraq: Six years since Tishreen protests, activists persecuted and freedom of expression in peril

Iraq: Six years since Tishreen protests, activists persecuted and freedom of expression in peril

This article was published on the official website of Amnesty International on 1 October 2025.The original text in English can...

  • Freedom of Expression
Civil Society Comes Together in Baghdad to Discuss Climate Justice: An Insight into the ICSSI and Humat Dijlah Conference

Civil Society Comes Together in Baghdad to Discuss Climate Justice: An Insight into the ICSSI and Humat Dijlah Conference

In recent years, Iraq and the wider Mesopotamian region have experienced an acute escalation of climate-related challenges, including drought, desertification,...

  • Environment