Thematic Issues


The Union of Kurdish Students in Syria stands in solidarity with Iraqi activists

The Union of Kurdish Students in Syria stands in solidarity with Iraqi activists

Dilibrin Khalil (UKSSD) – Istanbul, February 2016.   The Union of Kurdish Students in Syria and Deutschland (UKSSD) was established...

  • Nonviolence
Iraqi unions and the opportunity to play a key role in social forums

Iraqi unions and the opportunity to play a key role in social forums

Wesam Chasib Oudah (Iraq Program Manager, Solidarity Center), February 2016. Iraqi unions and the signs of hope The load of...

  • Iraqi Social Forum (ISF)
Back to Iraq: US Military Contractors Return In Droves

Back to Iraq: US Military Contractors Return In Droves

MARCUS WEISGERBER – Defense One Behind the president’s directive to ‘accelerate’ the counter-ISIS campaign came a surge in the number...

  • Civil Society News
Iraq: Are Women Going To Be Represented in the New Cabinet?

Iraq: Are Women Going To Be Represented in the New Cabinet?

Muhamed Hassan – Feb 22, 2016 – Immersed in Thinking Blog. Iraqi politics has been sharply defined by the absence...

  • Right of Political Participation of Women
A Shocking Attack on Peaceful Protesters in Nasiriyah — We Demand that the Offenders be held Accountable!   

A Shocking Attack on Peaceful Protesters in Nasiriyah — We Demand that the Offenders be held Accountable!  

Istanbul – February 2016 Statement released by the Iraqi Social Forum and The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI)  ...

  • Human Rights
A Clear Violation of Freedom of Expression in Iraqi Kurdistan!

A Clear Violation of Freedom of Expression in Iraqi Kurdistan!

On the morning of Sunday 31 January 2016, in front of the Kurdistan Region Parliament – Iraq, in its capital,...

  • Freedom of Expression
Land Transport Company Management Fires on Employees and Workers Demonstrating for their Rights

Land Transport Company Management Fires on Employees and Workers Demonstrating for their Rights

By ICSSI, Jan 31, 2016. Employees and workers of the General Company for Land Transport demonstrated on January 25 in...

  • Social and Economic Rights
What will happen to Iraq’s Mandaeans?

What will happen to Iraq’s Mandaeans?

By Saad Salloum – Al monitor – Jan 19, 2016. BAGHDAD — Unlike other religious minorities in Iraq, Sabian Mandaeans meet...

  • Minorities and IDPs
The Mosul Dam and the Italian Role. What are the Risks?

The Mosul Dam and the Italian Role. What are the Risks?

Press release by Save the Tigris and Iraqi Marshes Campaign, January 20th 2016. 1. Mosul Dam, the largest dam in...

  • Environment
Neglect May Do What Daesh Didn’t: Breach Iraqi Dam

Neglect May Do What Daesh Didn’t: Breach Iraqi Dam

The New York Times – MICHAEL R. GORDON More than 16 months after Iraqi and Kurdish forces reclaimed Mosul Dam from...

  • Environment
Who Stole the Mysterious Baghdad Battery?

Who Stole the Mysterious Baghdad Battery?

Mohamed altaher – arabic.rt With the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, Iraq has lost many of its rare archaeological treasures,...

  • Heritage
Masarat: Report on Iraqi Minority’s Rights Violations

Masarat: Report on Iraqi Minority’s Rights Violations

Masarat has launched the English copy of its firs report about rights violations of Iraqi minorities, which consists of 144...

  • Minorities and IDPs