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<!--:en-->Hundreds of journalists and media support the lawsuit against the “journalists’ law”<!--:-->

Hundreds of journalists and media support the lawsuit against the “journalists’ law”

Hundreds of journalists and press, and activists, Announced their support for the lawsuit to against that called “the law of...

  • Civil Society News
<!--:en-->The Tigris Declaration To Save Hasankeyf and Mesopotamian Marshes<!--:--><!--:ar-->إعلان دجلة لأنقاذ قرية حسن كيف و اهور وادي الرافدين<!--:-->

The Tigris Declaration To Save Hasankeyf and Mesopotamian Marshesإعلان دجلة لأنقاذ قرية حسن كيف و اهور وادي الرافدين

The Tigris Declaration To Save Hasankeyf and Mesopotamian Marshes We are the people of Mesopotamia, one of the most remarkable...

  • Environment
<!--:en-->Ongoing mobilization to save the Iraqi Marshes and oppose the Ilisu dam project on the Tigris river<!--:-->

Ongoing mobilization to save the Iraqi Marshes and oppose the Ilisu dam project on the Tigris river

The international campaign against the Ilisu dam project on the Tigris river has reached a new threshold: nearly 25 000 have...

  • Civil Society News
<!--:en-->Flooding the Cradle of Civilization: Campaign Against the Ilisu Dam <!--:-->

Flooding the Cradle of Civilization: Campaign Against the Ilisu Dam

by: Johanna L. Rivera Last year around this time I was in a town called Hasankeyf located along the Tigris...

  • Environment
<!--:en-->Marsh Arabs protest Ilisu Project in Hasankeyf <!--:--><!--:ar-->عرب الاهوار يحتجون ضد مشروع اليسو في “حسن كيف”<!--:-->

Marsh Arabs protest Ilisu Project in Hasankeyf عرب الاهوار يحتجون ضد مشروع اليسو في “حسن كيف”

Cradle of Civilization at Risk of Desertification – Tigris Declaration sent to UN Hasankeyf, Turkey, May 22, 2012 “We have...

  • Environment
<!--:en-->What Justice for Iraqi Victims of Private Military and Security Companies?<!--:-->

What Justice for Iraqi Victims of Private Military and Security Companies?

The ICSSI Takes Action! The last ten years have seen a dramatic increase in the use of private military and...

  • Private Military Companies
<!--:en-->Baghdad Marathon update<!--:-->

Baghdad Marathon update

The Baghdad Marathon project was born 4 years ago from an Italian Runners group that think that Sports can have...

  • Sports Against Violence
<!--:en-->Motion proposed to Iraqi parliament<!--:-->

Motion proposed to Iraqi parliament

The Civil Peace Initiative in Iraq submitted to the Committee of Civil Society Organizations in the Iraqi Council of Representatives(ICR)...

  • Nonviolence
<!--:en-->Support for the Iraqi campaign to repeal the new journalists’ law<!--:-->

Support for the Iraqi campaign to repeal the new journalists’ law

Iraq’s Journalist Protection Law, approved in August 2011 by the Iraqi Parliament which was facing  international pressure to reform its...

  • Freedom of Expression
<!--:en-->Campaign for Children’s Health in Iraq<!--:-->

Campaign for Children’s Health in Iraq

The Campaign for Children’s Health in Iraq emerged from the Third Annual conference of The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative...

  • Peacebuilding
<!--:en-->Launch of petition to save World Heritage in Mesopotamia threatened by the Ilisu Dam on the Tigris River<!--:--><!--:ar-->حملة ادخال الاهوار العراقية ضمن الموروث العاملي لليونيسكو<!--:-->

Launch of petition to save World Heritage in Mesopotamia threatened by the Ilisu Dam on the Tigris Riverحملة ادخال الاهوار العراقية ضمن الموروث العاملي لليونيسكو

Launch of petition to save World Heritage in Mesopotamia threatened by the Ilisu Dam on the Tigris River Today a...

  • Civil Society News
<!--:en-->2012: a Year of Civic Peace in Iraq!<!--:--><!--:ar-->نداء السلم الأهلي 2012 عام السلم الأهلي في العراق<!--:-->

2012: a Year of Civic Peace in Iraq!نداء السلم الأهلي 2012 عام السلم الأهلي في العراق

  2012: a Year of Civic Peace in Iraq! We are issuing  a call for civic peace in Iraq. We...

  • Iraqi Voices