From Individual Initiatives to Democratic Organizations
Peace and Freedom Organisation in Kurdistan: From individual initiatives to democratic organizations Erbil – 21 to 22 September 2016 –...
Civil Society News
News, articles and information about Iraqi civil society
Murdered Kurdish journalist’s family appeals to international community
Reporters Without Borders Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is relaying an appeal to the international community by the family of Wedad...
Activists Call for a Decrease in the Number and Age of Parliaments Members, and for the Prevention of Security Forces from Participating in Elections
ALMADA PRESS /Baghdad Civil activists are calling for modifying the age at which one can run for parliament or provincial...
Promised Democracy: The Future of Iraq
LoBelog by Ryan J. Suto The current US presidential campaign debate on Middle East policy has focused disproportionately on the...
POST-SISTANI IRAQ, IRAN, AND THE FUTURE OF SHIA ISLAM
Hayder al-Khoei- war on the Rocks During a recent trip to my hometown of Najaf in southern Iraq, I stumbled...
Kurdish reporter murdered, another killed while covering fighting
Reporters Without Borders Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns a Kurdish reporter’s brutal murder on 13 August in Dahuk, in...
Sinjar after ISIS, a report by PAX
By PAX, June 2016 This outline of an extensive study on Sinjar, Iraq, provides an important understanding of new dynamics...
Why Accountability for Iraq’s Militias Matters?
Christoph Wilcke – Human Rights Watch Iraq is awash with daily atrocities, with the Daesh reportedly burying people alive, drowning people in...
Statement on Iraq and Falluja by UN OCHA
UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR, STEPHEN O’BRIEN STATEMENT ON IRAQ I am deeply concerned by the...
OCHA Iraq: Civilians Fleeing Fallujah Urgently Need Protection and Help
Baghdad – 25 May 2016 – Press release by UNOCHA Iraq. Humanitarian agencies on the ground in Iraq are warning...
Briefing note from the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
24 May 2016 Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Iraq We urge the...
Iraq: Security Challenges Do not Give Carte Blanche to Commit Human Rights Violations
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL – PRESS RELEASE The daily security threats that plague the lives of Iraqi civilians must not open the door...