Al-Aimmah Bridge on the Tigris River: Hope for Baghdad and its people
The Iraqi Social Forum and the Save the Tigris Campaign participated in the “ I Have Hope”festival on the Al-Aimmah...
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OCHA Iraq: Civilians Fleeing Fallujah Urgently Need Protection and Help
Baghdad – 25 May 2016 – Press release by UNOCHA Iraq. Humanitarian agencies on the ground in Iraq are warning...
Briefing note from the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
24 May 2016 Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Iraq We urge the...
No Way To Get Funding: Iraqi Kurdistan’s Law on NGOs Must Change, NGOs Say
By Abdul-Khaleq Dosky – published by Niqash Non-governmental organisations in Iraqi Kurdistan are lobbying for a change in the regional law...
The Protest in Iraq: a National, Popular and Nonviolent Movement
Baghdad, May 2016 Report on a seminar hosted by the Information Center for Research and Development, in the headquarters of...
Protests in Baghdad’s Green Zone Turn Deadly!
ICSSI Baghdad – May 22, 2016 The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative [ICSSI] has received devastating news from our partners...
Shahrazad Services Center for Women Human Rights Defenders, Sees the Light in Baghdad
The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI) – May 2016 Women Human Rights Defenders in Iraq, including female journalists, unionists...
Suspension of Ilisu Dam project demanded at Tigris River Valley symposium in Turkey
Batman, Turkey, May 2016 The ancient town of Hasankeyf in Turkey has for years been struggling against the destructive Ilisu...
Iraq: Security Challenges Do not Give Carte Blanche to Commit Human Rights Violations
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL – PRESS RELEASE The daily security threats that plague the lives of Iraqi civilians must not open the door...
Young Grassroots Activism on the Rise in Iraq: Voices From Baghdad and Najaf
By Zahra Ali, 5 May 2016, published on Open Democracy. Through banners and slogans, grassroots groups find new, inclusive ways of...
The Iraqi Intifada, a Weekend of Popular Nonviolent Upraising
By ICSSI, May 2, 2016. On the 1st of May 2016, Baghdad looked much safer, without separation walls between the...
Popular Protests Escalate in Iraq as Installation of “White Envelope Government” Stalls
By Ismaeel Dawood and Terry Kay Rockefeller (ICSSI). Dramatic events are unfolding in Baghdad on April 30, 2016: Peacefully and...