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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...

  • Civil Society News
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...

  • Civil Society News
Fostering solidarity across borders to protect the shared rivers of Mesopotamia!

Fostering solidarity across borders to protect the shared rivers of Mesopotamia!

Statement by the Save the Tigris and Iraqi Marshes Campaign Increasingly water resources are becoming a source of conflict in...

  • Environment
The Second Season of Humat Dijlah Festival: An Important Space to Raise Water Issues

The Second Season of Humat Dijlah Festival: An Important Space to Raise Water Issues

Ali Alkarkhi, Humat Dijla On the occasion of the International Day of Action for Rivers (14th of March) and the...

  • Anti-Dams Actions