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A Letter to His Holiness: Intervention to Advocate for Targeted Activists and Protestors as well as the Forcibly Disappeared in Iraq

A Letter to His Holiness: Intervention to Advocate for Targeted Activists and Protestors as well as the Forcibly Disappeared in Iraq

We, the undersigned, are addressing Your Holiness to request that you support Iraqi activists, protestors, and the forcibly disappeared during...

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Anniversary of the ICSSI Baghdad Conference of 2019

Anniversary of the ICSSI Baghdad Conference of 2019

ICSSI Strategic Review Process: Listening to the Voices of our Partners. Today, two years ago, the 28th of January 2019,...

  • Baghdad Conference 2019
Daesh Terrorists Claim Twin Suicide Bombing in Baghdad

Daesh Terrorists Claim Twin Suicide Bombing in Baghdad

Daily Sabah A twin suicide bombing took place in the Iraqi capital Thursday, January 21, killing more than 32 people...

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Parliament Moves to Pass a “Cybercrimes Law” Protesters March Denouncing the “Law to Silence Expression”

Parliament Moves to Pass a “Cybercrimes Law” Protesters March Denouncing the “Law to Silence Expression”

After failing to pass a cybercrimes law during the governments of al-Maliki, al-Abadi and Abdul-Mahdi, the Iraqi parliament is trying...

  • Freedom of Expression
After the Government Ejects Protesters from Tahrir Square, New Protests Erupt Demanding Payment of Government Employees’ Salaries

After the Government Ejects Protesters from Tahrir Square, New Protests Erupt Demanding Payment of Government Employees’ Salaries

“Paintings and pictures of martyrs and revolutionary slogans” are all that remain in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square, after the government decided...

  • Nonviolence
Iraq Uprising: Violence Escalates as Protesters in Kut and Najaf are Killed and Wounded

Iraq Uprising: Violence Escalates as Protesters in Kut and Najaf are Killed and Wounded

AlArabi AlJadeed – Bara’a Al-Shammari Iraqi protests have escalated in the city of Kut, the center of Wasit Governorate (central...

  • Nonviolence
Four Scenes From Iraqi Reality

Four Scenes From Iraqi Reality

85 days, 485 martyrs, 19,000 wounded, 11 governorates galvanized to act, and the nonviolent protest movement in Iraq, known as...

  • Nonviolence
The ISF Holds Its Third National Meeting in Nasiriyah

The ISF Holds Its Third National Meeting in Nasiriyah

From 1-3 of May this year, in the great city of Nasiriyah the third national meeting of the Iraqi Social...

  • Iraqi Social Forum (ISF)
“Reflections on 10 Years of the Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative”

“Reflections on 10 Years of the Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative”

Arabic | عربي Terry Kay Rockefeller Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative Conference For the first time in our ten-year history,...

  • Baghdad Conference 2019
A Successful 5th Season of the Iraqi Social Forum Concludes Its Activities in Baghdad

A Successful 5th Season of the Iraqi Social Forum Concludes Its Activities in Baghdad

Arabic | عربي For the first time since its launch in 2013, the annual event of the Iraqi Social Forum...

  • Iraqi Social Forum (ISF)
10 Years of Solidarity in Action!

10 Years of Solidarity in Action!

Arabic | عربي Acting together, we grow stronger and do more! Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative Conference for Strategic Planning...

  • Baghdad Conference 2019
Iraq Election Commission Ignored Warnings Over Voting Machines

Iraq Election Commission Ignored Warnings Over Voting Machines

Writtin by Ahmed Rasheed, Raya Jalabi, Ahmed Aboulenein BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s election commission ignored an anti-corruption body’s warnings about...

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