The Iraqi Social Forum’s Kahramana Activists Support Women’s Rights
There is no doubt that the feminist movement within Iraqi civil society has reached a new stage of maturity, enabling...
Thematic Issues
A New Campaign Protects the Euphrates from Pollution
World Cleanup Day, 15 September, saw the launch of a new campaign by volunteers of the Peace Forum in Ramadi....
Youth in Babil Address Pollution of the Local Euphrates River Tributary
The Alyahodia River is a large tributary of the Euphrates, named after the city of Al-Hindiya, and known also as the...
Iraqi Human Rights Activist Shot Dead in Basra
BBC News A female human rights activist has been shot dead in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, which has...
First Mesopotamian Water Forum Announced for Sulaymaniyah April 2019 – Call for Contributions!
Save the Tigris Campaign and partners announce the first alternative civil society forum for water in Mesopotamia: the Mesopotamian Water...
Water Uprising in Basra: 15 Protestors Lose Their Lives and Political Alliances Are Redrawn
Arabic | عربي Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative 11 September, 2018 “Try to drink tap water from anywhere here if...
Iraq: Climate-Related Security Risk Assessment
Arabic | عربي By Kawa Hassan and Camilla Born Middle East and North Africa Program & Working Group on Climate-Related...
Mrwary Festival in Sulaymaniyah Highlights Success Stories of Women
Arabic | عربي The city of Sulaymaniyah in the Kurdistan Region held its first festival to celebrate women’s rights. The...
‘Iraq is Dying’: Oil Flows Freely but Corruption Fuels Growing Anger
Arabic | عربي The Guardian by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad in Bani-Mansour The land of the Bani-Mansour clan north-east of Basra is flat and...
Basra Residents Reeling From Contaminated Drinking Water
Arabic | عربي Mustafa Saadoun, Al Monitor, August 31 2018 BASRA, Iraq — Human rights advocates and health officials...
Peaceful Demonstrator Killed in Front of West Qurna Oil Field — ICSSI Issues an Urgent Call for the Iraqi Government to Open an Investigation
Arabic | عربي The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI) 16 August 2018 Iraqi security forces violently broke a...
Activists Campaign to ‘Save Basra’, Health Ministry Denies Cholera Outbreaks
Arabic | عربي Shafaq News An online campaign launched by Iraqi activists and bloggers succeeded over the past few days...