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International solidarity efforts for Hassan Juma Awad and the oil workers of Iraq must continue.

International solidarity efforts for Hassan Juma Awad and the oil workers of Iraq must continue.

More and more National and International Unions, Labor Federations and Nongovernmental organization (NGOs) are signing our letter to Prime Minister...

  • Human Rights
Save Tigris Campaign Releases Open Letter to Andritz: Disastrous Impacts of Ilisu Dam for Iraq

Save Tigris Campaign Releases Open Letter to Andritz: Disastrous Impacts of Ilisu Dam for Iraq

To: Mr Wolfgang Leitner, Andritz’s President and CEO From: Save the Tigris Campaign Coalition We are a group of Iraqi...

  • Civil Society News
Press Release: Open Letter Sent to Andritz Company Concerning its Engagement in the Construction of the Ilisu Dam

Press Release: Open Letter Sent to Andritz Company Concerning its Engagement in the Construction of the Ilisu Dam

Press Release: Open Letter Sent to Andritz Company Concerning its engagement in the Construction of the Ilisu DamDate: March 22nd,...

  • Environment
Drop charges against Iraqi Union Leader and Human Rights Defender Hassan Juma Awad and his colleagues

Drop charges against Iraqi Union Leader and Human Rights Defender Hassan Juma Awad and his colleagues

Hassan Juma Awad is the leader of the Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions, who contributed to rebuilding the Iraqi oil...

  • Press Release
Press Release: Save the Tigris Campaign Participates in the International Day of Action Against Dams and For Rivers, Water and Life

Press Release: Save the Tigris Campaign Participates in the International Day of Action Against Dams and For Rivers, Water and Life

People of Iraq Campaign to Save the Tigris announces its support to the global mobilization that took place on the...

  • Civil Society News
In Preparation for Baghdad Marathon 2013: Italian Delegation Meets Iraqi Civil Society

In Preparation for Baghdad Marathon 2013: Italian Delegation Meets Iraqi Civil Society

By: Sultan Ahmed Taleb – Baghdad On March 11th, 2013 Iraqi civil society hosted a race in preparations for Marathon...

  • Civil Society News
International Women’s Day in Kurdistan-A year’s review

International Women’s Day in Kurdistan-A year’s review

By: Johanna Rivera, she works at ICSSI and as a volunteer for People Development Association, which is one of Zhiyan...

  • Human Rights
Call For Urgent Action To Release Prisoner Of Conscience Ahmed al-Qubbanji

Call For Urgent Action To Release Prisoner Of Conscience Ahmed al-Qubbanji

UPDATE: 031013 The Iraqi thinker Ahmed al-Qubbanji has been released today. He will hold a press release in Baghdad today! Source-...

  • Freedom of Expression
Release The Iraqi intellectual and thinker, Ahmed  Al-Qubbanji- arrested by Iranian authorities

Release The Iraqi intellectual and thinker, Ahmed Al-Qubbanji- arrested by Iranian authorities

Appeal for Urgent Action To Release Iraqi intellectual and thinker, Mr. Ahmed Al-Qubbanji, arrested by Iranian authorities   We are...

  • Human Rights
Demanding To Reform The Journalists Rights Law

Demanding To Reform The Journalists Rights Law

Sulaymaniyah / 02.18.2013 The Press Freedom Advocacy Association In Iraq held a seminar on the proposal for a “First Amendment...

  • Civil Society News
Press Release: International Coalition and the Drafting Process of the International Code of Conduct (ICoC)

Press Release: International Coalition and the Drafting Process of the International Code of Conduct (ICoC)

The Drafting process of the International Code of Conduct From February 19th to 22nd 2013, National Governments, Private Military &...

  • Press Release
A Report on the Oil Workers Demonstration on the 13th of February 2013

A Report on the Oil Workers Demonstration on the 13th of February 2013

The oil workers rights defense committee February 18th, 2013 Responding to a call from the Oil workers defense committee, hundreds...

  • Civil Society News