Freedom of Expression in Iraq is Deteriorating Rapidly. Human Rights Defenders are at Risk and Afraid!
The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI) Rome – April 2014 The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI) calls on...
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The Right to Heal Hearings
On the tenth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Iraqis and U.S. military veterans came together to hold the...
Banned for Bad Behaviour: Criticising Iraqi PM Enough to Get MPs Banned from Elections?
Niqash | Baghdad | 20.03.2014 A number of high profile MPs have been banned from running in Iraq’s upcoming general...
Faiza Babakhan: Jaafari Personal Status Law Cannot be Passed Unless if the Minister of Justice Accepted the Marriage of his Daughters in the Age of Nine!
BAGHDAD – “Arenas of Liberation“ The legal researcher Faiza Babakhan criticized the government’s decision to vote on the draft of...
Authorities turn their sights on journalists
Reporters Without Borders Reporters Without Borders is extremely concerned about the growing hostility that the Iraqi authorities are displaying towards...
Iraqi Unions call for a Fair Labor Law and Trade Union Law!
The Iraqi Parliament is working on a weak Labor Law and a Trade Union Law that does not respect the...
Shiite leader retires: what next for the millions in the sadrist movement?
Baghdad – Niqash After Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced his retirement from politics this week, there were many questions being asked....
Day of Action for The Tigris
The International Day of Action for Rivers By Toon Bijnens, ICSSI and Save the Tigris and the Iraqi Marshes Campaign...
Why are so many Kurdish women setting themselves on fire?
The Economist by M.G and J.H.Y. | SULAYMANIYAH ON MARCH 8th, while the world celebrated International Women’s Day to recognise...
Don’t Legalize Marriage for 9-Year-Olds
by HRW :Draft Law Huge Step Back for Women, Girls (Baghdad) – Iraq’s Council of Ministers should withdraw a new...
African Iraqis: Seeking for Political Representation
Niqash – Basra Over a million African Iraqis live in the country. Yet unlike other ethnic groups, they are not recognised...
The Iraqi Presidential Guards Killed A Journalist In Baghdad
Security guards or militia? A statement by the Press Freedom Advocacy Association Baghdad, 22th of March, 2014 The Press Freedom...