Protecting the Environment through Collaboration and Creative Recycling: A Workshop by Humat Dijlah
Humat Dijla has recently launched its working on ‘Water Rights and the Protection of Mesopotamia’s Rivers’, as part of the...
Thematic Issues
Iraqi Federations and Workers’ Unions Protest Draft Law
Basra On Friday, 26 May 2017, members of the Conference of Iraqi Federations and Workers Unions [CIFWU], a coordinated network...
Iraq Fears Famed Marshes Could Be Pulled from World Heritage List
Hassan al-Shanoun, Al-Monitor The Iraqi government is committed to keeping the Mesopotamian Marshes on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Located in the...
Water Activists Meet Privately with the Minister of Water Resources, Dr. Hassan Al-Janabi
Activists from the Save the Tigris Campaign, Iraqi Social Forum and Humat Dijla were invited to meet with Iraqi Minister...
Activists Convince Parliament to Withdraw a Law on Freedom of Expression, But Iraqis’ Rights are Still Threatened!
Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative, 23 May 2017 Iraqi civil society activists successfully pressured the Iraqi parliament to withdraw its...
Civil Society Demands Accountability for the Kidnapping and Torture of 7 Students in Baghdad – International Solidarity Needed Now
Very early in the morning of May 8th, an armed group wearing civilian clothes and driving an SUV with tinted...
No to Continued Violation of Trade Union Rights and Freedoms in Iraq
Iraqi trade unions and federations, and members of the Conference of Iraqi Federations and Workers Unions [CIFWU] issued a statement...
Hanaa Edwar:A Defender of Human Rights & Freedom of Expression
GULF Center for Human Rights (Cairo, Beirut – 16 May 2017) The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI),...
Anti-Domestic Violence Law, Shahrazad Seminar in Baghdad
In the forefront of the activities of Shahrazad project in its second season, the Iraqi Women Journalist Forum (IWJF)...
Statement on Arrest of National Geographic Photographer Mathias Depardon and the Imminent Move of the Zeynel Bey Tomb
By Ercan Ayboga, Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive Yesterday local sources reported that the Zeynel Bey Tomb in Hasankeyf, which...
Sport as a Means to Renounce Violence in Baghdad
On the 25, 26 and 29th of April, The Iraqi Social Forum and Sports Against Violence Iraq, in cooperation with...
Iraqi Activists Demand Those Who Abducted 7 Students because of their Civil Activism be Held Accountable – International Solidarity is Needed
Update: The Seven students have been released a day after they have been abducted, however, no concrete steps have been taken...