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Environmental and governmental organizations demand the revitalization of the Marshlands

Environmental and governmental organizations demand the revitalization of the Marshlands

 Al-Mada Press / Dhi Qar Environmental and governmental organizations warned on Thursday of the deteriorating environmental situation in the Iraqi...

  • Environment
Iraq’s Sistani at Odds  with Khamenei

Iraq’s Sistani at Odds with Khamenei

An unnamed Iraqi MP spoke to Alaraby Aljadeed on their growing rift. BEIRUT – A rift has grown between the...

  • Civil Society News
Statement of Iraqi Women Network in Commemoration of 15th Anniversary of UN Res. 1325

Statement of Iraqi Women Network in Commemoration of 15th Anniversary of UN Res. 1325

Baghdad, Oct 31st, 2015 We passed the 15th anniversary of the adoption of Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace...

  • Right of Political Participation of Women
Oil Workers Unite and Protest the Decision to Reduce their Salaries

Oil Workers Unite and Protest the Decision to Reduce their Salaries

Abu Watan: ‘You left corrupters to enjoy the spoils of their theft, and struck at us with an iron fist!’...

  • Social and Economic Rights
US Must Back Kurdistan Region’s Democratic Institutions, Not An Illegal President

US Must Back Kurdistan Region’s Democratic Institutions, Not An Illegal President

Source: Pasewan On Monday 12 October, 2015, security forces of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) prevented Dr. Yousef Mohammad, the...

  • Civil Society News
Results of the review session of Iraq on the Covenant on Social, Economic and Cultural Rights

Results of the review session of Iraq on the Covenant on Social, Economic and Cultural Rights

The Save the Tigris and Iraqi Marshes Campaign presented a shadow report covering the water situation in Iraq as part...

  • Environment
Documented Biographies of 48 Abducted Journalists and 13 Journalists Executed by Daash

Documented Biographies of 48 Abducted Journalists and 13 Journalists Executed by Daash

October 27, 2015 –  Journalistic Freedoms Observatory (JFO) and Reporters Without Borders (RWB) Since the group calling itself “the Islamic State”...

  • Freedom of Expression
Shahrazad Festival at the Second Session of the Iraqi Social Forum  

Shahrazad Festival at the Second Session of the Iraqi Social Forum  

Iraqi Women Journalists Forum (IWJF) – October 2015 In Abu Nawas gardens, near the Tigris River in the heart of...

  • Right of Political Participation of Women
Serious Threats to Freedom of the Press in Kurdistan

Serious Threats to Freedom of the Press in Kurdistan

Widespread attacks against journalists and their organizations Since the protest movements in Kurdistan began, they have been overwhelmingly peaceful as...

  • Freedom of Expression
In solidarity with Iraqi civil society: an overview of the Extended Iraqi Social Forum

In solidarity with Iraqi civil society: an overview of the Extended Iraqi Social Forum

As the second session of the Iraqi Social Forum on Coexistence and Civil Peace took place in Baghdad from 1-3...

  • Iraqi Social Forum (ISF)
Dream of ‘Other Iraq’ Crumbles: Whose Political System is More Stable – Iraqi Kurdistan’s or the ‘Real’ Iraq’s?

Dream of ‘Other Iraq’ Crumbles: Whose Political System is More Stable – Iraqi Kurdistan’s or the ‘Real’ Iraq’s?

Niqash – Sulaimaniyah  In Iraqi Kurdistan one local party has just paralysed the whole political system. It’s a region touted...

  • Civil Society News
Journalists Targeted for Covering Anti-corruption Protests

Journalists Targeted for Covering Anti-corruption Protests

Source: Reporters without Boarders Reporters Without Borders condemns the many cases of threats and physical violence against journalists covering the...

  • Freedom of Expression