From the Chibayish District, the Marshes Festival Sends a Call to Iraqis to Protect Nature
Save the Tigris Campaign After Iraqis celebrated the inclusion of their marshes on UNESCO’s World Heritage List two years...
Thematic Issues
A Successful Training Organized by Najaf Social Forum
12 June 2018, Baghdad With the participation of 14 young activists from different organizations and voluntary teams, the Najaf Social...
World Heritage Watch Resolution On Water Infrastructure Threatening World Heritage
The 5th International NGO Forum on World Heritage at Risk Manama, Bahrain 22 – 23 June 2018 Prior to the...
UNESCO Needs to Recognize the Upstream Dam Threats to the Iraqi Marshes – We Call to Work With Independent Civil Society!
Statement by World Heritage Watch/Save the Tigris and Iraqi Marshes Campaign 23 June 2018, World Heritage Watch Civil Society Forum,...
Multi-Billion Dollar Budget Needed To Keep Iraq’s Water Flowing
Ibrahim Saleh, NIQASH, 14 June 2018 In Baghdad, locals have been fretting about dramatic falls in the level of the...
Covering Corruption Exposes Journalists to Arrest in Iraq
Reporters Without Borders for Freedom of Information Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the arrests to which two investigative reporters have...
Impoundment of Ilisu Dam Reservoir Has Not Yet Started – Drought in Iraq Has Other Reasons
Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive Hasankeyf Matters Press statement Impoundment of Ilisu Dam Reservoir has not yet started – Drought...
Fostering Citizenship Through Media: Journalists As Peacebuilders
Media is essential in order to foster a sense of citizenship in Iraq. The working group on IDPs and Minorities,...
Urim Initiative: Creating a Sustainable Preservation Plan for the Ur Archaeological Site
Urim Initiative launched in preparation for the 42nd UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting in Manama, Bahrain, 24 June—4 July 2018...
As Summer Approaches and Ilisu Dam Goes Into Operation, Iraq’s Water Crisis Intensifies
“Significant quantities of water will continue to flow to Iraq,” the ambassador of Turkey to Iraq, Fatih Yildiz, tried to...
The Reality of Freedom of Press and Expression in the Kurdistan Region in 2018 So Far
World Press Freedom Day – 3rd May , 2018 The Media Working Group of the Kurdistan Social Forum conducted a...
Iraq: Women and Children with Perceived ties to Daesh Denied Aid, Sexually Exploited and Trapped in Camps
Amnesty International April 2018 Iraqi women and children with perceived ties to the armed group “Daesh”, are being denied humanitarian...