Thousands protest across Kurdistan Region to demand salaries and end to austerity measures
By ICSSI, 29 September 2016. School and university teachers, civil servants and thousands of people took to the streets in...
Nonviolence
News and informations about active nonviolence actions led and organised by Iraqi civil society and popular protests in Iraq
Montreal CAFE’ In Baghdad
@IraqiAlamalAssociation office in Baghdad Karad Thursday,11th of August h 5 pm. Baghdad time The Iraqi Social Forum organise Montreal CAFE’...
In Nasriyah, A Workshop on the Use of “Arts Against Violence” and the Birth of Mashufna Team
August 2016 In Nasiriyah, during the 5th and 6th of August, twenty two young people (Including five girls) gathered to...
Briefing note from the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
24 May 2016 Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Iraq We urge the...
The Protest in Iraq: a National, Popular and Nonviolent Movement
Baghdad, May 2016 Report on a seminar hosted by the Information Center for Research and Development, in the headquarters of...
Protests in Baghdad’s Green Zone Turn Deadly!
ICSSI Baghdad – May 22, 2016 The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative [ICSSI] has received devastating news from our partners...
Young Grassroots Activism on the Rise in Iraq: Voices From Baghdad and Najaf
By Zahra Ali, 5 May 2016, published on Open Democracy. Through banners and slogans, grassroots groups find new, inclusive ways of...
The Iraqi Intifada, a Weekend of Popular Nonviolent Upraising
By ICSSI, May 2, 2016. On the 1st of May 2016, Baghdad looked much safer, without separation walls between the...
Popular Protests Escalate in Iraq as Installation of “White Envelope Government” Stalls
By Ismaeel Dawood and Terry Kay Rockefeller (ICSSI). Dramatic events are unfolding in Baghdad on April 30, 2016: Peacefully and...
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...
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) ...
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,...