Shahrazad Services Center for Women Human Rights Defenders, Sees the Light in Baghdad
The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI) – May 2016 Women Human Rights Defenders in Iraq, including female journalists, unionists...
Thematic Issues
Suspension of Ilisu Dam project demanded at Tigris River Valley symposium in Turkey
Batman, Turkey, May 2016 The ancient town of Hasankeyf in Turkey has for years been struggling against the destructive Ilisu...
Young Grassroots Activism on the Rise in Iraq: Voices From Baghdad and Najaf
By Zahra Ali, 5 May 2016, published on Open Democracy. Through banners and slogans, grassroots groups find new, inclusive ways of...
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...
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,...