Thematic Issues


Preserving the Abu Ghraib Culture: The Harrowing Abuse of Iraqi Women

Preserving the Abu Ghraib Culture: The Harrowing Abuse of Iraqi Women

By Ramzy Baroud Foreign Policy Journal “When they first put the electricity on me, I gasped; my body went rigid...

  • Human Rights
Health professionals give notice to authorities until the end of February to achieve their demands and threatening with “flood ravaging Iraq”!

Health professionals give notice to authorities until the end of February to achieve their demands and threatening with “flood ravaging Iraq”!

02/10/2014 Al-Mada Press/ Baghdad Dozens of representatives of the trade unions with health professions, threatened on Monday with”a flood and...

  • Social and Economic Rights
Overcoming water shortage remains one of Iraq’s major challenges

Overcoming water shortage remains one of Iraq’s major challenges

UNESCO Iraq launches new report to manage drought in Iraq, November 2013 The United Nations’ Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization...

  • Civil Society News
Ghosts of Baghdad

Ghosts of Baghdad

America’s Army of Contractors Hasn’t Gone Anywhere. They Just Work for The Iraqi Government Dan Lamothe: January 23, 2014, ForeignPolicy.com The Pentagon...

  • Private Military Companies
Iraq – Workers Demand Fair Laws Now!

Iraq – Workers Demand Fair Laws Now!

06.02.2014 – IndustriALL Unions in Iraq, with the IndustriALL–affiliated Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions (IFOU) at the forefront; continue to...

  • Social and Economic Rights
Oil unions press for legislation as demands unmet

Oil unions press for legislation as demands unmet

Iraq Oil Report by ALI ABU IRAQ AND BEN LANDO Wednesday, January 29th, 2014 BASRA – Unions representing the oil...

  • Social and Economic Rights
Iraqi Marshes, Second Step Towards The World Heritage!

Iraqi Marshes, Second Step Towards The World Heritage!

February  2014 ,Baghdad, Iraq The international coalition of the “Save the Tigris and the Iraqi Marshes Campaign” welcomes the achievement...

  • Environment
Campaign to Abolish Retirement Pay for Members of Parliament Scores a Major Victory!

Campaign to Abolish Retirement Pay for Members of Parliament Scores a Major Victory!

The Campaign to Abolish Retirement Pay for Members of Parliament Scores a Major Victory and Takes a Step to Form...

  • Civil Society News
Basra invites British back for security role

Basra invites British back for security role

03 Jan 2014 – The Telegraph   Six years after the last British troops left amid a barrage of bombs and...

  • Private Military Companies
Youth of Iraq: Our personal freedoms are not guaranteed and government authorities are responsible for nearly half of the violations!

Youth of Iraq: Our personal freedoms are not guaranteed and government authorities are responsible for nearly half of the violations!

January 2014 – A new report from Almesalla Organization for Human Resource Development concerning the personal freedoms of Iraqi youth...

  • Freedom of Expression
Domestic Violence Law in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Domestic Violence Law in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

January 22 , 2014 Report on the Implementation of the Domestic Violence Law in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq during...

  • Anti-Domestic Violence
Where the Tigris Flows: Water Security in Post-War Iraq and Turkey

Where the Tigris Flows: Water Security in Post-War Iraq and Turkey

Jadaliyya by Chris Gratien Media coverage of Iraq in recent years has been dominated by the horrifying images of the American...

  • Environment