Neighbourhood Tactics: Smaller Protests in Baghdad Get Bigger Results
Ibrahim Saleh, NIQASH In Iraq, the temperature this summer has often risen to higher than 50 degrees Centigrade. Meanwhile electricity...
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The Social Forum in Najaf: An Open Platform for Collaborative Action
By Iraqi Social Forum and ICSSI Secretariats – August 10, 2017 Najaf | Baghdad On 14-15 July 2017, the Iraqi...
Mosul After Liberation: Ensuring that Civll Society has a Voice
Al Abadi’s declaration on 9 July 2017 that Mosul had been liberated from Daesh sent waves of joy and relief...
The Colour Of Peace: The Young Artists Erasing Extremist History In Central Iraq
Kamal al-Ayash, Niqash A group of art students and their teacher is traveling around Fallujah, erasing slogans on schools and...
Iraqi Activists Demand Those Who Abducted 7 Students because of their Civil Activism be Held Accountable – International Solidarity is Needed
Update: The Seven students have been released a day after they have been abducted, however, no concrete steps have been taken...
The Hashd al-Shaabi and Iraq: Subnationalism and the State
Middle East Reaserch Institute MERI This report views the Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation Forces, PMF) as having played an...
Running Qandil: The Controversial Kurdish Region, Inside The Kurdish Region
Niqash – Saman Omer In Iraqi Kurdistan, there is a semi-independent region within the semi-independent region. The controversial Kurdistan Worker’s...
IRAQ – Holy Week multi-faith Peace March from Erbil to Alqosh
ACN Malta During Holy Week the Chaldean Patriarchate of Babylon held a 140 kilometer Peace March “open to Christians and...
The Apple of Halabja .. The Spring that did not bring Nowruz
Halabja .. An Iraqi tragedy that calls on our common humanity BAGHDAD, March 2017 Civil society activists from various organizations...
ICSSI contributes to the launch of the Observatory to Prevent Extremist Violence (OPEV)
ICSSI contributes to the launch of the Observatory to Prevent Extremist Violence (OPEV) and invites its members to join the...
Tahrir Square Victims: Martyrs of Continuous Nonviolent Iraqi Struggle
The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative – February 20, 2017 On Saturday February 11, Baghdad, the capital of Iraq witnessed...
Awat demands safety for himself and his family
An urgent call for action by Christian Peacemaker Team Iraq (Newletter Feb 3, 2017) that the Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity...