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Letter from Iraqi Unions to Leaders of Parliament

Letter from Iraqi Unions to Leaders of Parliament

January 15th, 2014   Respectable Mr. Osama Al Nujaify President of Iraqi Parliament   After greetings, The Iraqi Trade Unions...

  • Iraqi Labor Law
Metro Center: 193 violations against Kurdish journalists in 2013

Metro Center: 193 violations against Kurdish journalists in 2013

Hawar Abdulrazaq, BasNews (Sulaimaniyah): Jan 15, 2014 The Kurdish Journalist Rights Organization (Metro Center) has released its annual report for...

  • Freedom of Expression
Another Year Fighting Against Ilisu Dam:

Another Year Fighting Against Ilisu Dam:

 A Year Review of the Save the Tigris Campaign Johanna Rivera 16 0f January 2014 For the last year, the...

  • Environment
Journalists in Iraq: their freedoms obliterated by laws and policies while their lives are continually threatened!

Journalists in Iraq: their freedoms obliterated by laws and policies while their lives are continually threatened!

During 2013 members of the press who were killed or injured in Iraq climbed to alarming numbers, while freedom of...

  • Freedom of Expression
Resolution of Anbar crisis requires security, political coordination

Resolution of Anbar crisis requires security, political coordination

Author Mushreq AbbasPosted January 3, 2014 Translator(s)Kamal Fayad Al-Monitor  When the Iraqi army marched on the Anbar desert on Dec....

  • Nonviolence
Investigate Violence at Protest Camp

Investigate Violence at Protest Camp

Human Rights Watch , JANUARY 4, 2014 Fighting Erupts in Anbar Province After Security Forces, Protesters Clash “The facts of the...

  • Nonviolence
Press Freedom Advocacy Association participates in drafting the recommendations of freedom of expression in the Middle East and North Africa region

Press Freedom Advocacy Association participates in drafting the recommendations of freedom of expression in the Middle East and North Africa region

14 Dec. 2013 The Press Freedom Advocacy Association participated in the conference of the Middle East and North Africa region...

  • Freedom of Expression
Anti-corruption Kurdish journalist Kawa Garmyani murdered and protests in Sulaymaniyah to protect Journalists!

Anti-corruption Kurdish journalist Kawa Garmyani murdered and protests in Sulaymaniyah to protect Journalists!

December 6, 2013 Source: KT News South Kurdistan journalist Kawa Garmyani was shot dead outside his house in Kalar last night....

  • Freedom of Expression
Journalists in Mosul – Killings, threats and disability of official organs

Journalists in Mosul – Killings, threats and disability of official organs

Iraq – 7/12/2013 The latest events connected with journalistic work in Ninewa province for the last three months of this...

  • Freedom of Expression
The Military and Security Company “G4S” should leave Basra, Iraqi working sites should be protected by responsible and accountable public security

The Military and Security Company “G4S” should leave Basra, Iraqi working sites should be protected by responsible and accountable public security

 It should not be a passing accident the protest by a group of Iraqi workers against the actions of the...

  • Private Military Companies
Journalist under threat in Basra .. And others targeted in Mosul

Journalist under threat in Basra .. And others targeted in Mosul

Baghdad/ 29Oct 2013   Correspondent “Faiha ” channel in Basra colleague Ahmed Abdul Samad threat of physical liquidation, of unknown persons, unless...

  • Freedom of Expression
Iraq’s Oil Police

Iraq’s Oil Police

MONDAY, 16 SEPTEMBER 2013 NICOLAI DUE-GUNDERSEN It has been a decade since the United States (US) led the invasion of...

  • Private Military Companies