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Journalists and Members of the Media Agree on Actions to Challenge Laws that Endanger Freedom of Expression and a Free Press in Iraq

Journalists and Members of the Media Agree on Actions to Challenge Laws that Endanger Freedom of Expression and a Free Press in Iraq

Baghdad: 24-6-2012 Many Iraqi journalists and members of the media agreed to work together in order to oppose the so-called...

  • Freedom of Expression
Baghdad Marathon – a Race for Peace and Human rights  in Iraq

Baghdad Marathon – a Race for Peace and Human rights in Iraq

We run to make Iraq a free and democratic state. We run because sports promote friendship. We run for freedom....

  • Sports Against Violence
<!--:en-->NEW GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP ON CAMPAIGN TO SAVE THE TIGRIS AND MESOPOTAMIAN MARSHES<!--:--><!--:ar-->انضمام شريك جديد لحملة انقاذ دجلة واهوار وادي الرافدين<!--:-->

NEW GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP ON CAMPAIGN TO SAVE THE TIGRIS AND MESOPOTAMIAN MARSHESانضمام شريك جديد لحملة انقاذ دجلة واهوار وادي الرافدين

ICSSI wants to announce that it has a new global partner for our Save the Tigris and Mesopotamia Campaign: 350.org....

  • Civil Society News
<!--:en-->No trials, No sanctions, No fines targeting unionists, and No governmental intervention in Iraqi unions elections!<!--:--><!--:ar-->لا للمحاكمات او العقوبات او الغرامات  التي تستهدف قمع النقابات ،و لا للتدخل في الانتخابات العمالية والنقابية ولا لمصادرة حق النقابيين بالتجمع<!--:-->

No trials, No sanctions, No fines targeting unionists, and No governmental intervention in Iraqi unions elections!لا للمحاكمات او العقوبات او الغرامات التي تستهدف قمع النقابات ،و لا للتدخل في الانتخابات العمالية والنقابية ولا لمصادرة حق النقابيين بالتجمع

 Statement of the Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI) Solidarity with Iraqi union activists  For immediate release 15-6-2012 A new...

  • Press Release
<!--:en-->Hundreds of journalists and media support the lawsuit against the “journalists’ law”<!--:-->

Hundreds of journalists and media support the lawsuit against the “journalists’ law”

Hundreds of journalists and press, and activists, Announced their support for the lawsuit to against that called “the law of...

  • Civil Society News
<!--:en-->Disrupted lives, the effects of cross-border attacks by turkey and Iran on Kurdish Villages<!--:-->

Disrupted lives, the effects of cross-border attacks by turkey and Iran on Kurdish Villages

A report by CPT Christian Peacemaking Teams (CPT) is an international human rights organization, working to reduce violence and build peace...

  • Civil Society News
<!--:en-->The Tigris Declaration To Save Hasankeyf and Mesopotamian Marshes<!--:--><!--:ar-->إعلان دجلة لأنقاذ قرية حسن كيف و اهور وادي الرافدين<!--:-->

The Tigris Declaration To Save Hasankeyf and Mesopotamian Marshesإعلان دجلة لأنقاذ قرية حسن كيف و اهور وادي الرافدين

The Tigris Declaration To Save Hasankeyf and Mesopotamian Marshes We are the people of Mesopotamia, one of the most remarkable...

  • Environment
<!--:en-->Ongoing mobilization to save the Iraqi Marshes and oppose the Ilisu dam project on the Tigris river<!--:-->

Ongoing mobilization to save the Iraqi Marshes and oppose the Ilisu dam project on the Tigris river

The international campaign against the Ilisu dam project on the Tigris river has reached a new threshold: nearly 25 000 have...

  • Civil Society News
<!--:en-->Flooding the Cradle of Civilization: Campaign Against the Ilisu Dam <!--:-->

Flooding the Cradle of Civilization: Campaign Against the Ilisu Dam

by: Johanna L. Rivera Last year around this time I was in a town called Hasankeyf located along the Tigris...

  • Environment
<!--:en-->Marsh Arabs protest Ilisu Project in Hasankeyf  <!--:--><!--:ar-->عرب الاهوار يحتجون ضد مشروع اليسو في “حسن كيف”<!--:-->

Marsh Arabs protest Ilisu Project in Hasankeyf عرب الاهوار يحتجون ضد مشروع اليسو في “حسن كيف”

Cradle of Civilization at Risk of Desertification – Tigris Declaration sent to UN Hasankeyf, Turkey, May 22, 2012 “We have...

  • Environment
<!--:en-->What Justice for Iraqi Victims of Private Military and Security Companies?<!--:-->

What Justice for Iraqi Victims of Private Military and Security Companies?

The ICSSI Takes Action! The last ten years have seen a dramatic increase in the use of private military and...

  • Private Military Companies
<!--:en-->Federal Appeals Court Permits Suits Against Private Military Contractors for Torture and War Crimes at Abu Ghraib to Proceed<!--:-->

Federal Appeals Court Permits Suits Against Private Military Contractors for Torture and War Crimes at Abu Ghraib to Proceed

Lower Courts to Hear Iraqi Civilians’ Claims of Beatings, Forced Nudity, Broken Bones, and Rape at Hands of Corporate Defendants...

  • Civil Society News