Thematic Issues


Immediate Release of Nadir Dendoune, Respect Freedom of Press and More Protection for Journalists Working in Iraq.

Immediate Release of Nadir Dendoune, Respect Freedom of Press and More Protection for Journalists Working in Iraq.

UPDATE 030313: According to Reporters without Borders website, Dendoune, a visiting journalist with French, Australian and Algerian nationality who wasreleased on bail...

  • Freedom of Expression
Controversial Ilisu Dam on Hasankeyf Halted by Turkish Court

Controversial Ilisu Dam on Hasankeyf Halted by Turkish Court

Save the Tigris campaign welcomes the ruling of the Turkish State Council against the construction of the Ilisu dam project....

  • Environment
ICSSI Supports Popular Protests in Iraq  Demanding an End to Corruption, Sectarian Conflict and Injustice

ICSSI Supports Popular Protests in Iraq Demanding an End to Corruption, Sectarian Conflict and Injustice

ICSSI Statement of the protests follows. Read also Iraqi voices on the protests: Open letter by 16 Iraqi NGOs to...

  • Nonviolence
Tipping Towards Iraq’s Squares: An Interview with Falah Alwan

Tipping Towards Iraq’s Squares: An Interview with Falah Alwan

An Interview with Falah Alwan ,  written by Ali Issa- Jan 22 2013, published by  Jadaliyya [Iraqis in the Northern province of Salah al...

  • Iraqi Voices
Iraq: Regional Discord and Militarization Rather than a Long-term Strategy for Peace! (Part 2)

Iraq: Regional Discord and Militarization Rather than a Long-term Strategy for Peace! (Part 2)

The tenth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq! The Iraq Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI) Written by: Ismaeel Dawood...

  • Iraqi Voices
Iraqi protests defy the Maliki regime and inspire hope

Iraqi protests defy the Maliki regime and inspire hope

Ross Caputi guardian.co.uk, Thursday 17 January 2013 Anti-government demonstrations in Iraq have gained energy and focus in recent weeks. Photograph:...

  • Civil Society News
The Desire for Change, Iraqi demonstrations mark the tenth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq! (Part 1)

The Desire for Change, Iraqi demonstrations mark the tenth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq! (Part 1)

The Desire for Change Iraqi demonstrations mark the tenth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq! The Iraq Civil Society...

  • Iraqi Voices
Major points from the 2000 Report  of the World Commission on Dams

Major points from the 2000 Report of the World Commission on Dams

Some see in our scarcity a harbinger of troubled waters to come. They believe water scarcity inevitably locks peoples, regions...

  • Environment
Call for Papers: Save the Tigris and the Iraqi Marshes Campaign

Call for Papers: Save the Tigris and the Iraqi Marshes Campaign

Iraqi marshlands, Photo by: Terry Kay Rockefeller October 2012 Call for Papers: Save the Tigris and the Iraqi Marshes Campaign...

  • Environment
Impacts of Ilisu Dam in Iraq: A Lecture at the Marine Science Center Basra University

Impacts of Ilisu Dam in Iraq: A Lecture at the Marine Science Center Basra University

In the past, Southern Iraqi marsh desiccation was an environmental disaster that severely impacted a variety of species. Water buffalo,...

  • Civil Society News
Towards Baghdad marathon !

Towards Baghdad marathon !

One Hundred  Runners Participated To The  First Race    Baghdad Wednesday 24th of October 2012 Inside the University of Baghdad...

  • Civil Society News
Private war is still ongoing in Iraq!

Private war is still ongoing in Iraq!

It’s not the first time that a convoy of armed persons working for Private Security Companies (PMSCs) is attacked in...

  • Iraqi Voices