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Ministry of Oil and BP Must Be Held Accountable for Negligence and Fatal Accidents

Ministry of Oil and BP Must Be Held Accountable for Negligence and Fatal Accidents

January 16, 2014 The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI) supports the demands of the employees of South Oil Company...

  • Social and Economic Rights
Fake Travel Agencies Cheat Iraqi Immigrants with Thousands of Dollars

Fake Travel Agencies Cheat Iraqi Immigrants with Thousands of Dollars

Source: ijrda Baghdad/ Mohammed al-Jbouri   Six years elapsed , Mazin is still travelling between Iraq and Syria in search for...

  • Civil Society News
The Ministry of Communications Continue to Withhold Iraqi and Arab News Websites

The Ministry of Communications Continue to Withhold Iraqi and Arab News Websites

17 Jan. 2015 – JFO Iraqi and Arab media institutions continue to suffer from blocking their websites inside Iraq, since...

  • Freedom of Expression
KRG Authorities Detain a Journalist for One Year

KRG Authorities Detain a Journalist for One Year

2 Jan. 2015 – JFO The Journalistic Freedoms Observatory expressed its concern about the continuing detention of a journalist by...

  • Freedom of Expression
Al-Qushla: Iraq’s Oasis of Free Expression

Al-Qushla: Iraq’s Oasis of Free Expression

Al Jazeera – Baghdad On Friday mornings, Yasser Kian and his friends leave behind the pressures of work and school and...

  • Freedom of Expression
Year in Review: Iraq is Still There in Body, But Not in Spirit!

Year in Review: Iraq is Still There in Body, But Not in Spirit!

niqash |Baghdad  The past year in Iraq is not easy to review. The assorted crises, both in security and politics,...

  • Civil Society News
Coping With Success Against ISIS

Coping With Success Against ISIS

James F. Jeffrey – The Washington Institute Although Washington should have no illusions about resolving the region’s wider problems, it...

  • Civil Society News
Mission Report to Iraqi Kurdistan Finds Media and Civil Society at Risk!

Mission Report to Iraqi Kurdistan Finds Media and Civil Society at Risk!

2014-12-31 –  gc4hr  Many see Iraqi Kurdistan, an autonomous region in Northern Iraq, as a safe haven, a place of relative...

  • Freedom of Expression
Iraq: Dire Winter Conditions Expose Shocking Gaps in Humanitarian Assistance for Thousands Displaced

Iraq: Dire Winter Conditions Expose Shocking Gaps in Humanitarian Assistance for Thousands Displaced

Source: Amnesty A lack of coordination and major gaps in humanitarian assistance is causing untold hardship for many of the...

  • Civil Society News
A Brutal “Torture Report,” but No Accountability!

A Brutal “Torture Report,” but No Accountability!

Source: Truthout The long-awaited “torture report” released today by the Senate Intelligence Committee on the CIA’s top secret, post-9/11 torture...

  • Civil Society News
STOP TORTURE: Accountability: YES – Impunity: NO!

STOP TORTURE: Accountability: YES – Impunity: NO!

Source: brussellstribunal This petition will be delivered to:  US Government – International Criminal Court – President of the UN General Assembly...

  • Civil Society News
Iraqis Wage New Battle for Freedoms!

Iraqis Wage New Battle for Freedoms!

Shukur Khilkhal – Al-monitor The battle over civil liberties has erupted again, after a draft law written under the government of...

  • Freedom of Expression