When austerity cuts in Italy hurt an Iraqi girl in Baghdad
Riam is a 7-year-old girl living in Baghdad with her family. She was born with a severe malformation to her...
Civil Society News
News, articles and information about Iraqi civil society
Renaissance Dam in Ethiopia and the Similar Turkish Case
By: Ahmed az-Zoba`i Translation from Arabic by: Safaa Sheikh Hammed Original Arabic: http://www.iraqnewspaper.net/news.php?action=view&id=22010 “Egypt is the gift of the Nile,” says Herodotus. Egypt could have been part of the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.” –...
Women Groups in Suleimaniya Demand an End to the Patriarchal System
“Darperwary bo Mamosta Sakar” –Justice for Mamosta Sakar Last week, on Monday, April 22nd, women groups demonstrated in front of...
Iraqi and International NGOs Appeal for Justice in the Case of Jalal Dhiab
ICSSI joins the call for justice from local and International Organizations in iraq. We join the call from IKV Pax...
Women Rights Activists in Kurdistan: March 8th-No for Bargaining on Women’s Rights
More than 150 activists and members of civil society gathered for March 8th Celebration in Suleimaniya under the slogan of...
Rising Violence in Iraq Spurs Fears of New Sectarian War
From The New York Times April 25th, 2013 By Tim Arango BAGHDAD — In what appeared to be a new...