Police Officers Detained on Accusations of Violently Suppressing Demonstrators — What about Militias?
The new Arab Baghdad Anthem Saif al-deen On Thursday, the judicial authority in Iraq announced that it has detained a...
Thematic Issues
The Assassinations and Repression of Protesters Must Stop Immediately
A call to hold accountable all those who violate Iraqis’ human rights Since the earliest days of the October Revolution...
UN: Accountability for Human Rights Violations During Peaceful Protests is Key
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS – OHCHR BAGHDAD/GENEVA, 27 August 2020 – Despite promising steps by the current Government of Iraq...
Launch of Sumereen: Socio-economic growth through eco-tourism in Thi Qar
PRESS RELEASE Thi Qar, 26 August 2020- Funded by the European Union (EU), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will...
Activists continue to be killed in Basra
AlMonitor The killing of an Iraqi activist in Basra took place even as Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi was visiting...
IRAQ, LEGACY OF TERROR: THE PLIGHT OF YEZIDI CHILD SURVIVORS OF ISIS.. NEW REPORT FROM AMNESTY
AMNESTY Between 2014 and 2017 the armed group calling itself the Islamic State (IS) committed war crimes and crimes against...
Six Years After Yazidi Massacre, US Urged to Take ‘Bolder Action’
Al-Monitor Iraq’s Yazidis say the threat from the Islamic State and other extremist groups is preventing them from returning home....
A Statement by Kurdistan Social Forum Calling to Release Zara Mohammadi
The Iranian state needs to be pressured to guarantee freedom of expression. Zara Muhamadi a Kurdish well-known civil activist has...
The Rights of Workers and Employees During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Iraqi Observatory of Worker and Employee Rights, Report 1 (2020) The first report issued by the Iraqi Observatory of Worker...
New Project Launched to Promote Socio-Economic Growth through Eco-Tourism and Heritage Preservation in Dhi Qar
Un Ponte Per has recently started an ambitious new 2-year project in Southern Iraq, funded by UNDP. Sumereen: Sumerian Youth...
NEW REPORT AND WEBTOOL PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO IRAQ’S LOOMING WATER CRISIS: IOM AND DELTARES
IOM Iraq Iraq faces a complex water crisis that is expected to persist and might have implications at the humanitarian,...
Following the Assassination of Dr. Al-Hashemi, We Will Not Allow the Truth to be Assassinated!
A Statement from the Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative’s Freedom of Speech Path and Civil Society Organizations The government must...