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...
Peacebuilding
Civilians Fleeing Fallujah “Facing Double Jeopardy”
GENEVA – OHCHR UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Tuesday urged the Iraqi Government to...
Sinjar after ISIS, a report by PAX
By PAX, June 2016 This outline of an extensive study on Sinjar, Iraq, provides an important understanding of new dynamics...
The Available Opportunity: Peace
Yasir Alsalim – People’s Road Newspaper Few days ago, videos widely shared on social media, revealed the abuses committed by...
OCHA Iraq: Civilians Fleeing Fallujah Urgently Need Protection and Help
Baghdad – 25 May 2016 – Press release by UNOCHA Iraq. Humanitarian agencies on the ground in Iraq are warning...
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...
Abnormal Number of Orphans Among IDPs in Dohuk, and Importance of Foster Family System
Bewar A. Saido Since the fall of Talafar, Sinjar and Mosel, families fleeing the fighting have lived in the area...