The Iraqi Intifada, a Weekend of Popular Nonviolent Upraising
By ICSSI, May 2, 2016. On the 1st of May 2016, Baghdad looked much safer, without separation walls between the...
Thematic Issues
Popular Protests Escalate in Iraq as Installation of “White Envelope Government” Stalls
By Ismaeel Dawood and Terry Kay Rockefeller (ICSSI). Dramatic events are unfolding in Baghdad on April 30, 2016: Peacefully and...
The impact of a possible Mosul Dam failure
A technical report has been released by the Joint Research Centre, the European Commission’s in-house science service, on a possible...
Officials Threaten Journalist with Death unless he Stops Denouncing Corruption
Journalistic Freedoms Observatory An Iraqi journalist faces pressure and death threats for publishing a file of corruption on investments in...
Iraq’s Water Resources are Not for Sale
Dr Hassan Al-Janaby Recently a post was published on Facebook by Dr. Hasan-Al-Janaby, an Iraqi academic and expert on...
“Protectors of the Tigris River” celebrate the International Day of Action for Rivers in Baghdad
By ICSSI Baghdad, April 2016. “We depend on our water and our land. Our land is useless without water. Our...
Iraqi Youth Use Sport as a Community Tool Against Violence
ICSSI Baghdad – April 2016 Sport Against Violence and ICSSI have been working with the Iraqi Social Forum to support...
Shahrazad Campaign Advocates against the Harassment Phenomenon in Kurdistan Region
Al-Mesalla Organization in Erbil – Iraqi Kurdistan, April 2016 Advocacy Meeting With Baharka Camp Management Activists of the Shahrazad Campaign...
The Employees of the Oil Sector in Basra Demand for a Professional and Independent Minister, and Criticize the Licensing Rounds
Basra – 6 April 2016 The oil sector employees in Basra called on Mr. Haider Al-Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister,...
The Suffering of the Iraqi Women under “Daash” and Restrictions on Displaced Women by the Kurdistan Regional Authorities
Human Rights Watch For Sunnis, Lives Curtailed; for Yezidis, New Accounts of Brutal Rapes (Beirut) – The extremist armed group...
Abnormal Number of Orphans Among IDPs in Dohuk, and Importance of Foster Family System
Bewar A. Saido Since the fall of Talafar, Sinjar and Mosel, families fleeing the fighting have lived in the area...
Ecological Collapse Circumscribes Traditional Women’s Work in Iraq’s Mesopotamian Marshes
Eurek Alert As the land at the heart of the cradle of civilization dries out, an ancient culture is being...