The Regional and Domestic Political Context of the Mosul Offensive
Sada – KIRK H. SOWELL qi security forces began direct operations to liberate Mosul, the capital of Nineveh province, from...
ICSSI
House Of The Devil? Religious Extremists Bomb Cafes In Basra Because They Employ Women
Niqash – Ammar al-Saleh It was the second bombing of its kind. And after the incident, those clearing the wreckage in...
Rights and Peace: the 3rd Session of the Iraqi Social Forum on 22-24 Sept. in Baghdad
update 19th of September : now you can download the detailed program isf-program-2016 Self-organized workshops, a Baghdad Marathon for Peace, convergence...
US Department of Defence Spend on Guns in ‘War on Terror’ Revealed
Source: aoav.org.uk In the 14 years following the terror attacks of 9/11, the US Department of Defence (DoD) issued contracts that, if fulfilled,...
Baghdad Politicians Seek Protection From Corruption Charges With Their Tribes
source:Niqash – Mustafa Habib Tribal law and clan allegiances dominate Iraq’s social and political life. This month, in a worrying...
The Protection of HRDs and unionists, is The duty of the Iraqi Government
Update: A thanking letter from the trade union: On my own and my family. and my colleagues in the General...
Shahrazad Center Concludes the Second Workshop on the Protection of Women Journalists and Women Human Right Defenders (WHRDs) in Iraq
Shahrazad Center – Baghdad On the 14th of July, Shahrazad center concluded in the headquarter of the Iraqi Women Journalist...
Working Women’s Rights under the New Labor Law and the Role of Media in Education and Raising Awareness
Baghdad With the participation of women leaders of three labor unions and a numbers of media women and civil activists,...
Signs of Violence to Come: Iraq’s Yazidis Return Home to Face Cruel Economic Blockade
Mosul – Niqash Many of the Yazidis who were so brutalised by the extremist Daesh group have returned home – but...
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...
Privatising Security Must not Lower Standards of Protection and Accountability – UN Rights Expert
GENEVA – OHCHR The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Christof Heyns, today has called...
Why Accountability for Iraq’s Militias Matters?
Christoph Wilcke – Human Rights Watch Iraq is awash with daily atrocities, with the Daesh reportedly burying people alive, drowning people in...