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Traditional Boats Adorn the Tigris River to Celebrate the Efforts of Medical Personnel in Confronting COVID

Traditional Boats Adorn the Tigris River to Celebrate the Efforts of Medical Personnel in Confronting COVID

After a five-month pause due to the nationwide quarantine and other preventive measures in place to stop the spread of...

  • Environment
Women in Iraq: From Revolution to Corona

Women in Iraq: From Revolution to Corona

On 5 September 2020, the She Revolution group held a webinar during the Norwegian Social Forum called “Women in Iraq...

  • Right of Political Participation of Women
Militia rockets kill five civilians in Iraqi capital as US mulls embassy withdrawal

Militia rockets kill five civilians in Iraqi capital as US mulls embassy withdrawal

AL MONITOR Two women and three children were killed at a Baghdad home on Monday as the United States threatens...

  • Civil Society News
ICSSI and CPT-Iraq Appeal to Iraq’s President and Prime Minister—End Turkish Cross-Border Bombing of Iraq

ICSSI and CPT-Iraq Appeal to Iraq’s President and Prime Minister—End Turkish Cross-Border Bombing of Iraq

The Iraqi Civil Society Initiative (ICSSI) and CPT-Iraq jointly wrote to Iraq’s President Barham Salih and Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi...

  • End Cross-Border Bombings
Iraqi Citizens and Government Debate a New Domestic Violence Law As Family Violence Increases

Iraqi Citizens and Government Debate a New Domestic Violence Law As Family Violence Increases

As cases of violence against women and children continue to increase, supporters and opponents of a new law to protect...

  • Right of Political Participation of Women
There Must Be a Complete and Total Ceasefire By Turkey in Iraqi Kurdistan

There Must Be a Complete and Total Ceasefire By Turkey in Iraqi Kurdistan

On September 6, Turkey’s Defense Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu announced the end of Operation Claw-Tiger, the Turkish military ground campaign in the...

  • End Cross-Border Bombings
Police Officers Detained on Accusations of Violently Suppressing Demonstrators — What about Militias?

Police Officers Detained on Accusations of Violently Suppressing Demonstrators — What about Militias?

The new Arab Baghdad Anthem Saif al-deen On Thursday, the judicial authority in Iraq announced that it has detained a...

  • Nonviolence
The Assassinations and Repression of Protesters Must Stop Immediately

The Assassinations and Repression of Protesters Must Stop Immediately

A call to hold accountable all those who violate Iraqis’ human rights Since the earliest days of the October Revolution...

  • Nonviolence
UN: Accountability for Human Rights Violations During Peaceful Protests is Key

UN: Accountability for Human Rights Violations During Peaceful Protests is Key

UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS – OHCHR BAGHDAD/GENEVA, 27 August 2020 – Despite promising steps by the current Government of Iraq...

  • Nonviolence
Launch of Sumereen: Socio-economic growth through eco-tourism in Thi Qar

Launch of Sumereen: Socio-economic growth through eco-tourism in Thi Qar

PRESS RELEASE Thi Qar, 26 August 2020- Funded by the European Union (EU), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will...

  • Heritage
Activists continue to be killed in Basra

Activists continue to be killed in Basra

AlMonitor The killing of an Iraqi activist in Basra took place even as Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi was visiting...

  • Human Rights
For How Long Will The Assassination of Activists Continue?

For How Long Will The Assassination of Activists Continue?

Our colleague and activist, Lodya Raymond, along two other colleagues were subjected, today, to a failed assassination attempt using firearms....

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