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Officially, ICSSI’s Conference 2022: Starting Over from Solidarity!

Officially, ICSSI’s Conference 2022: Starting Over from Solidarity!

The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative is happy to invite you to participate in its 11th International Conference Starting Over from Solidarity, which...

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Militias Protest After Losses in Iraqi Election

Militias Protest After Losses in Iraqi Election

al-monitor The results of Iraq’s Oct. 10 parliamentary elections came as a shock to political parties affiliated with the Popular...

  • Civil Society News
Security Forces, IDPs Cast Votes Early in Iraq’s Parliamentary Elections

Security Forces, IDPs Cast Votes Early in Iraq’s Parliamentary Elections

al-monitor Early voting has opened in Iraq’s parliamentary elections. Early voting is underway for Iraq’s parliamentary elections, with soldiers, prisoners,...

  • Iraqi Elections
The Iraq Report: Baghdad Hosts Regional Summit to Paper Over Domestic Woes

The Iraq Report: Baghdad Hosts Regional Summit to Paper Over Domestic Woes

THE NEW ARAB In an attempt to promote Iraq as the neutral ground from which regional rivals can hash out...

  • Civil Society News
October Protestors Displaced to Erbil: Some People Sold Us to the Parties in the Power

October Protestors Displaced to Erbil: Some People Sold Us to the Parties in the Power

Since October 1, 2019, nearly two years ago, young Iraqis have taken to the streets and asked the government to...

  • Civil Society News
Iraq: GCHR’s 17th Periodic Report on Human Rights Violations in Iraq

Iraq: GCHR’s 17th Periodic Report on Human Rights Violations in Iraq

GCHR Introduction This is the seventeenth report of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) which covers the reality of...

  • Freedom of Expression
Fear and Anger Follow a Deadly Fire at an Iraqi Teaching Hospital

Fear and Anger Follow a Deadly Fire at an Iraqi Teaching Hospital

Al-Fanar Media The outbreak of a horrific fire at a teaching hospital in southern Iraq has once again highlighted the...

  • Civil Society News
Al-Wazani’s Killing Sparks a New Wave of Protests to Demand Justice for the Victims of the October Uprising

Al-Wazani’s Killing Sparks a New Wave of Protests to Demand Justice for the Victims of the October Uprising

Iraqi activist Ihab Al-Wazni on Sunday, 9th of May, became a new victim in a wave of targeted killings in...

  • Iraqi Voices
Impunity for Killings Will Cast a Pall Over Iraq’s Elections

Impunity for Killings Will Cast a Pall Over Iraq’s Elections

HRW When protests erupted in Baghdad and other parts of central and southern Iraq in October 2019, tens of thousands...

  • Civil Society News
Why Turkey Should Stay Out of Sinjar

Why Turkey Should Stay Out of Sinjar

European Council on Foreign Relations (ecfr.eu) There is growing fear in Iraq of a potential Turkish military incursion to drive...

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Iraq Covid Hospital Fire: 82 Dead After ‘Oxygen Tank Explodes’

Iraq Covid Hospital Fire: 82 Dead After ‘Oxygen Tank Explodes’

BBC At least 82 people have been killed in a fire at a hospital treating coronavirus patients in the capital...

  • Civil Society News
Baghdad’s Mustansiriya Madrassa Ready for World Heritage List

Baghdad’s Mustansiriya Madrassa Ready for World Heritage List

Al-Monitor Iraq’s Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities announced on Feb. 5 the launch of the rehabilitation project for Mustansiriya Madrassa, a historic school building...

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