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Seventeen Activist Get Together in Baghdad to Discuss and  Improve  their Personal Protection During their Daily Work as Defenders of Human Rights

Seventeen Activist Get Together in Baghdad to Discuss and Improve their Personal Protection During their Daily Work as Defenders of Human Rights

Seventeen activist form (Basra, Arbil, Dhi Qar, Salahuddin, Maysan, Muthanna, Dohuk and Kirkuk)get together in Baghdad to discuss and  improving...

  • Human Rights
Save Iraqi Kurdistan’s rivers from deprivation

Save Iraqi Kurdistan’s rivers from deprivation

By Toon Bijnens, Save the Tigris Campaign There is no question about the commodification of natural resources and the damage...

  • Environment
US Department of Defence Spend on Guns in ‘War on Terror’ Revealed

US Department of Defence Spend on Guns in ‘War on Terror’ Revealed

Source: aoav.org.uk In the 14 years following the terror attacks of 9/11, the US Department of Defence (DoD) issued contracts that, if fulfilled,...

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Baghdad Politicians Seek Protection From Corruption Charges With Their Tribes

Baghdad Politicians Seek Protection From Corruption Charges With Their Tribes

source:Niqash –  Mustafa Habib Tribal law and clan allegiances dominate Iraq’s social and political life. This month, in a worrying...

  • Freedom of Expression
Kurdish reporter murdered, another killed while covering fighting

Kurdish reporter murdered, another killed while covering fighting

  Reporters Without Borders Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns a Kurdish reporter’s brutal murder on 13 August in Dahuk, in...

  • Civil Society News
A Lesson How To Live In Peace

A Lesson How To Live In Peace

        Afeef Mohammed – Iraq I’m from Iraq, working in the agricultural & irrigation field, got the...

  • Human Rights
The Iraqi Union for Freedom of Expression reviews the draft law on freedom of expression

The Iraqi Union for Freedom of Expression reviews the draft law on freedom of expression

“This report includes a copy of the draft law and the proposed amendment in Arabic” Baghdad, 10 August 2016 Iraqi...

  • Freedom of Expression
Baghdad activists celebrate the Iraqi Marshes’ World Heritage inscription

Baghdad activists celebrate the Iraqi Marshes’ World Heritage inscription

By Ali Alkarkhi, Baghdad In a ferry in the middle of the Tigris River in Baghdad activists of the Save...

  • Environment
Montreal CAFE’ In Baghdad 

Montreal CAFE’ In Baghdad 

@IraqiAlamalAssociation office in Baghdad Karad  Thursday,11th of August  h 5 pm. Baghdad time The Iraqi Social Forum organise Montreal CAFE’...

  • Iraqi Social Forum (ISF)
The Protection of HRDs and unionists, is The duty of the Iraqi Government

The Protection of HRDs and unionists, is The duty of the Iraqi Government

Update:  A thanking letter from the trade union: On my own and my family. and my colleagues in the General...

  • Press Release
In Nasriyah, A Workshop on the Use of “Arts Against Violence” and the Birth of Mashufna Team

In Nasriyah, A Workshop on the Use of “Arts Against Violence” and the Birth of Mashufna Team

August 2016 In Nasiriyah, during the 5th and 6th of August, twenty two young people (Including five girls) gathered to...

  • Iraqi Social Forum (ISF)
The Invisible Force: A New Report Released by The International Institute for Nonviolent Action – NOVACT

The Invisible Force: A New Report Released by The International Institute for Nonviolent Action – NOVACT

Source: NOVACT The International Institute for Nonviolent Action – NOVACT, is pleased to introduce our new report “The Invisible Force”, a comparative...

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