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Civil Society Statement on the Articles of Association of the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers

Civil Society Statement on the Articles of Association of the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers

Civil Society Statement on the Articles of Association of the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers From...

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Open letter to oil companies operating in Iraq from Iraqi oil workers and peace movements

Open letter to oil companies operating in Iraq from Iraqi oil workers and peace movements

Today, ten years ago, a global demonstration took place in more than sixty countries around the world, involving millions, to...

  • Civil Society News
Baghdadi Organizations Visit the Sit-in in Ramadi and Support Their Demands

Baghdadi Organizations Visit the Sit-in in Ramadi and Support Their Demands

Solidarity with the protests in Anbar, calls for international organizations to visit the protestors and the demonstrations are prevented from...

  • Nonviolence
A Victory for Freedom of Expression in Iraq: Iraqi Council of Representatives Repeal Cyber Law

A Victory for Freedom of Expression in Iraq: Iraqi Council of Representatives Repeal Cyber Law

ICSSI congratulates Iraqi civil society for its victory on the repeal of the Draft Informatics Crimes Law. We recognize the...

  • Freedom of Expression
Symbol of Iraqi Resistance: Fallujah Revisited

Symbol of Iraqi Resistance: Fallujah Revisited

by HAIFA ZANGANA Counter Punch It took the British government five weeks to take note of the mass demonstrations in...

  • Nonviolence
Iraq: A Broken Justice System

Iraq: A Broken Justice System

Iraq: A Broken Justice System Ten Years after Invasion, Opponents Punished, Trial Rights Ignored JANUARY 31, 2013 Human Rights Watch...

  • Freedom of Expression
Immediate Release of Nadir Dendoune, Respect Freedom of Press and More Protection for Journalists Working in Iraq.

Immediate Release of Nadir Dendoune, Respect Freedom of Press and More Protection for Journalists Working in Iraq.

UPDATE 030313: According to Reporters without Borders website, Dendoune, a visiting journalist with French, Australian and Algerian nationality who wasreleased on bail...

  • Freedom of Expression
Iraqi Civil Society Organizations: “Escalating political conflict among leaders of the major blocks endangers the unity of Iraqi society and reflects negatively on civil peace”

Iraqi Civil Society Organizations: “Escalating political conflict among leaders of the major blocks endangers the unity of Iraqi society and reflects negatively on civil peace”

Baghdad : 16 Iraqi civil society organizations sent an open letter to the presidency of Iraq stating that: the escalating...

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Iraqi civil society at World Social Forum 2013

Iraqi civil society at World Social Forum 2013

Ten years after the 2003 war in Iraq, social movements need to evaluate the effects of such intervention that was...

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Controversial Ilisu Dam on Hasankeyf Halted by Turkish Court

Controversial Ilisu Dam on Hasankeyf Halted by Turkish Court

Save the Tigris campaign welcomes the ruling of the Turkish State Council against the construction of the Ilisu dam project....

  • Environment
ICSSI Supports Popular Protests in Iraq  Demanding an End to Corruption, Sectarian Conflict and Injustice

ICSSI Supports Popular Protests in Iraq Demanding an End to Corruption, Sectarian Conflict and Injustice

ICSSI Statement of the protests follows. Read also Iraqi voices on the protests: Open letter by 16 Iraqi NGOs to...

  • Nonviolence
Tipping Towards Iraq’s Squares: An Interview with Falah Alwan

Tipping Towards Iraq’s Squares: An Interview with Falah Alwan

An Interview with Falah Alwan ,  written by Ali Issa- Jan 22 2013, published by  Jadaliyya [Iraqis in the Northern province of Salah al...

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