Year in Review: Iraq is Still There in Body, But Not in Spirit!
niqash |Baghdad The past year in Iraq is not easy to review. The assorted crises, both in security and politics,...
Civil Society News
News, articles and information about Iraqi civil society
Coping With Success Against ISIS
James F. Jeffrey – The Washington Institute Although Washington should have no illusions about resolving the region’s wider problems, it...
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...
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...
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 ...
‘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...
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...
Labor legislation in Iraq: between reality and the future
Wesam Chaseb Ouda Iraq’s program Manager – Baghdad, International Solidarity Center This document prepared for the ICSSI conference, Oslo , Norway –...
Between the Laws Inherited from the Era of Dictatorship and Legislation Seeking to Restrict Freedom of Expression and the Press in Iraq, The Reality is Not Consistent with the Principles of Democracy
Yasser Salem Executive Director of Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq Paper prepared for the ICSSI Conference in Oslo, October...
Women Trade Unionists and Working Women in Iraq Today!
Unionists: Ilham AbdulMaaboud Majeed President of the Communications Syndicate Member of the Executive Office of the General Federation of Trade...