Mounting Toll in Iraq Protests as Internet Cut Again
Baghdad (AFP) | November 5, 2019 A mounting death toll in Baghdad and across southern Iraq coupled with reimposed internet...
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Human Rights Violations Ongoing: UN Second Special Report on Protests in Iraq
UNAMI – Baghdad, 5 November 2019 UNAMI has found that serious human rights violations and abuses continued to occur during...
Act Now to Protect People and the Environment
International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict, 6 November 2019 The international community...
Join Us in Supporting the Peaceful/Nonviolent October Uprising in Iraq
Join Us, the Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative, in Supporting the Peaceful/Nonviolent October Uprising in Iraq #WITH_IRAQIS The Iraqi Civil...
Iraq: Gruesome String of Fatalities as New Tear Gas Grenades Pierce Protesters’ Skulls
Amnesty International CONTENT WARNING: Some of the information and imagery below is very graphic and some users might find them disturbing....
A Call to Release the Detainees of the Peaceful Protest Movement in Iraq
Iraqi organizations and unions call for the release of detained activists of the peaceful protest movement in Iraq. The names...
Iraq: Educators Join Nationwide Demonstration
Education International The Iraqi Teachers’ Union called for a four-day strike starting on 28 October in solidarity with demonstrators urging...
UN Iraq Representative Condemns Continued Violence, Stresses National Dialogue to End ‘Vicious Cycle’
United Nations – Iraq Baghdad, 29 October 2019 – The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Iraq, Jeanine...
“Uhud Mountain of Baghdad” A Strategic Building Remains Occupied by Protesters Despite Attempts by Security Forces to Evacuate It
Baghdad – Ahmed Al-Naimi29 October 2019For the fifth consecutive day, hundreds of Iraqi demonstrators continue to occupy the floors of...
Crowds of Students Flood the Streets of Baghdad Despite Government Threats and Curfew
AFP Army forces in charge of Baghdad announced a daily curfew (lasting from midnight to 6am) as thousands of students...
Iraqis Have the Right to Protest for Better Lives, Repression and Intimidation of Human Rights Defenders Must End
On 1 October a new phase of social protests started in Iraq, this time authentic, spontaneous and very difficult for...
3rd Kurdistan Social Forum Event in Solidarity With Struggles in Rojava and Southern Iraq
3 years since its founding, the Kurdistan Social Forum has well progressed. From 25-26 October the third edition of its...