Iraqi Human Rights Defenders: Challenges They Face and Support They Need
The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI) Overview Since the beginning of October 2019, there have been widespread nonviolent protests...
Nonviolence
News and informations about active nonviolence actions led and organised by Iraqi civil society and popular protests in Iraq
Shiite Protesters Get Broad Backing Throughout Iraq
ِAl-Monitor – Saad Salloum The crowd in Baghdad’s Mohammed al-Qasim Street on Oct. 31 was not caused solely by a street vendor selling...
Security Forces Attack Medics Treating Protesters
Human Rights Watch Fire Teargas, Live Ammunition; Destroy Medical Tents (Beirut) – Iraqi security forces have attacked medical workers for treating protesters...
Are The Iraqi Protests Over?
AlHurra Mushriq Abbass It is clear that the political forces and the armed militias that control the decisions of Iraqi...
Civil Society Groups Meet in Erbil to Identify Solutions and Recommendations for the Crisis in Iraq
Civil society organizations condemn the repression of peaceful protesters and call for authorities to respect freedom of opinion and expression....
A National Initiative By Civil Society to Support the Nonviolent October Uprising in Iraq
In order to defend and sustain human rights, public freedoms and the national, economic, social and cultural interests of all Iraqis,...
The Fight for a New Iraq
By Mina Al-Oraibi – The New York Times Protests and the violent response of the government have shredded the myth of...
Mounting Toll in Iraq Protests as Internet Cut Again
Baghdad (AFP) | November 5, 2019 A mounting death toll in Baghdad and across southern Iraq coupled with reimposed internet...
Human Rights Violations Ongoing: UN Second Special Report on Protests in Iraq
UNAMI – Baghdad, 5 November 2019 UNAMI has found that serious human rights violations and abuses continued to occur during...
Join Us in Supporting the Peaceful/Nonviolent October Uprising in Iraq
Join Us, the Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative, in Supporting the Peaceful/Nonviolent October Uprising in Iraq #WITH_IRAQIS The Iraqi Civil...
Iraq: Gruesome String of Fatalities as New Tear Gas Grenades Pierce Protesters’ Skulls
Amnesty International CONTENT WARNING: Some of the information and imagery below is very graphic and some users might find them disturbing....
Iraq: Educators Join Nationwide Demonstration
Education International The Iraqi Teachers’ Union called for a four-day strike starting on 28 October in solidarity with demonstrators urging...