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Following the Assassination of Dr. Al-Hashemi, We Will Not Allow the Truth to be Assassinated!

Following the Assassination of Dr. Al-Hashemi, We Will Not Allow the Truth to be Assassinated!

A Statement from the Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative’s Freedom of Speech Path and Civil Society Organizations The government must...

  • Civil Society News
Reactions to the Assassination of Al-Hashemi and the Urgent Need to Establish an Investigation Commission to Bring Those Responsible to Justice

Reactions to the Assassination of Al-Hashemi and the Urgent Need to Establish an Investigation Commission to Bring Those Responsible to Justice

New Arab Baghdad – Bara al-Shammari The assassination of the Iraqi security expert and researcher, Hisham Al-Hashemi, by gunmen in...

  • Civil Society News
The UN Security Council: Iraq and Turkey Must Solve Their Problems Politically, Not Militarily

The UN Security Council: Iraq and Turkey Must Solve Their Problems Politically, Not Militarily

Rudaw Sheren Kelo The head of the United Nations Security Council called on Iraq and Turkey to solve their problems,...

  • End Cross-Border Bombings
New Report by Save the Tigris Reviews the Dam Construction Policies of the Kurdistan Region

New Report by Save the Tigris Reviews the Dam Construction Policies of the Kurdistan Region

According to the UNDP, the water discharge of the Tigris-Euphrates Rivers is set to decrease by 50% between 2009 and...

  • Save the Tigris and Marshes
Iraq: Sixth periodic report on violations during popular demonstrations

Iraq: Sixth periodic report on violations during popular demonstrations

Nine months after the October 2019 demonstrations, human rights violations are still being committed against peaceful demonstrators in Baghdad and...

  • Nonviolence
Hawija District: Shadow of Violence, Peace Horizons!

Hawija District: Shadow of Violence, Peace Horizons!

Shadow of Violence, Peace Horizons, a report put together by the Network for Development and Democracy to highlight Hawija district,...

  • Civil Society News
Minorities in Iraq

Minorities in Iraq

A recent TV drama deeply touched viewers by exploring the brutal crimes committed by Daesh against a number of religious...

  • Minorities and IDPs
Zakho Villagers Flee After Turkey Bombs Iraqi Kurdistan

Zakho Villagers Flee After Turkey Bombs Iraqi Kurdistan

Rudaw Yusuf Musa ZAKHO, Kurdistan Region —  Villages in the border region of Zakho have been emptied and placed under...

  • End Cross-Border Bombings
IRAQ’S HEALTH SYSTEM AT RISK: THE STRUGGLE TO FIGHT COVID-19 AND SAVE LIVES

IRAQ’S HEALTH SYSTEM AT RISK: THE STRUGGLE TO FIGHT COVID-19 AND SAVE LIVES

epic The COVID-19 pandemic, which for the first few months seemed to mysteriously spare Iraq’s exposed population, is now hitting...

  • Civil Society News
Nonviolent Communication

Nonviolent Communication

She Revolution group held a webinar on nonviolent communication in cooperation with the Lebanese Organization Fighters for Peace on Thursday,...

  • Right of Political Participation of Women
Decentralization in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Decentralization in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

A new report by the Alternatives Network for Development and Democracy examines the attitudes of citizens in the Kurdistan Region...

  • Kurdistan Social Forum (KSF)
Girls and Women:  Caught between Lockdown and Domestic Violence

Girls and Women: Caught between Lockdown and Domestic Violence

Worldwide, lockdowns and curfews imposed due to the Coronavirus pandemic have caused a dramatic increase in gender-based violence, female suicide,...

  • Right of Political Participation of Women