USAID’s fall, Iraq’s call, losses appal
This article was published on April 2, 2025 on Shafaq New Shafaq News/ Iraq’s civil society is on the brink...
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Cizre Dam Watch: the new report released by Save the Tigris Foundation
March 2025: Save the Tigris Foundation has released the Cizre Dam Watch Report, a comprehensive investigation into the risks posed...
Solidarity Statement on Protests in Nassiriyah
Dhi Qar Governorate has witnessed a significant escalation in protests following a broad wave of arrests targeting activists, increasing the...
Civil Campaign Documents Over 44 Human Rights Violations in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region in One Year
The “Protect Iraqi Human Rights Defenders Now” campaign documented 44 different cases of violations against human rights defenders and civil...
A Year of War: Gaza’s Ongoing Genocide, and the Crisis in the West Bank and Lebanon – A Call for Global Action
Today marks one year since the war on Gaza began — a year of genocide, ethnic cleansing, and siege. This...
ICSSI Statement in Solidarity with Palestine
We, the Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI), express our unwavering solidarity to the Palestinian people and call for an...
Four Years Since Iraq’s Uprising: Unanswered Demands
October 1st, 2019, marked a pivotal moment in Iraq’s history when hundreds of protesters flooded the streets of Baghdad and...
Challenges Persist: Human Rights in Iraq
The 29th Periodic Report on human rights in Iraq paints a stark picture of ongoing challenges. Enforced disappearances, gender equality,...
Impunity Watch Statement
A group of our partners in Iraq gathered along with families of victims of forced disappearances on Tuesday, August 15th,...
End Cross Border Bombing Campaign: Revealing Civilian Casualties in Turkish Military Operations in Northern Iraq (2022)
The “End Cross Border Bombing” campaign report, launched on the 27th of July 2023, has exposed the devastating impact of...
The Revised Recommendation concerning Education for International Understanding, Co-operation, and Peace, and Education Relating to Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
UNESCO April 4, 2023. On April 4, 2023, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) unveiled the Revised...
Iraqi Defenders after Twenty Years of Change
19th of July: Hoqoq Observatory for Human Rights Defenders launched a groundbreaking report shedding light on the challenges and risks...