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A New Northern Frontline Where Iraq’s Kurds and Shiites are Facing Off!

A New Northern Frontline Where Iraq’s Kurds and Shiites are Facing Off!

niqash | Sulaymaniyah  In Iraq’s northern disputed territories, minor skirmishes, rumours of looting, arson and speculation about political power plays...

  • Civil Society News
Final Declaration  of the  Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative Conference  Oslo, Norway, 27-29 October 2014

Final Declaration of the Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative Conference Oslo, Norway, 27-29 October 2014

For three days, a group of Iraqi and international civil society activists met in the Norwegian city of Oslo to...

  • Oslo Conference 2014
Civil Society, Civil Forces and the Crisis of Democracy in Iraq

Civil Society, Civil Forces and the Crisis of Democracy in Iraq

Ismael Dawood The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative Paper prepared for ICSSI conference in Oslo – Norway – 2014  ...

  • Iraqi Voices
MPs Declare Recent Government Decisions “Unfair” and Against the Interests of the Public Sector, as Companies within the Industrial Sector Assert that 250 000 Workers may Risk Pay Cuts!

MPs Declare Recent Government Decisions “Unfair” and Against the Interests of the Public Sector, as Companies within the Industrial Sector Assert that 250 000 Workers may Risk Pay Cuts!

Al-Mada Press/ Baghdad On Thursday, company representatives from the Ministry of Industry and Minerals demanded that the parliament put pressure...

  • Social and Economic Rights
‘Ghost’ Soldiers, Funding Issues, Lack of Morale, Unity Shatter Iraqi Army!

‘Ghost’ Soldiers, Funding Issues, Lack of Morale, Unity Shatter Iraqi Army!

According to the recently revealed results of a governmental investigation, practically every fifth soldier of the Iraqi armed forces existed...

  • Civil Society News
For Yazidi Women, Escaping ISIS Doesn’t Mean The Ordeal Is Over!

For Yazidi Women, Escaping ISIS Doesn’t Mean The Ordeal Is Over!

NPR – December 10, 2014 Barzan is a young Yazidi man, with sad blue eyes. His mother, five of his sisters...

  • Minorities and IDPs
Abdul-Mahdi: Now Real Work Begins for Baghdad, Erbil!

Abdul-Mahdi: Now Real Work Begins for Baghdad, Erbil!

Cengiz Çandar – Al-monitor Adel Abdul-Mahdi, Iraq’s former vice president and current oil minister in Haider al-Abadi’s government, spotted me aboard...

  • Civil Society News
Stop Ilisu – Stop Destruction and Instability!

Stop Ilisu – Stop Destruction and Instability!

Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive Batman/Turkey Press Release – 05.12.2014 Ilisu Dam’s construction may be continued after a 4 month halt! ...

  • Environment
Labor legislation in Iraq: between reality and the future

Labor legislation in Iraq: between reality and the future

Wesam Chaseb Ouda Iraq’s program Manager – Baghdad, International Solidarity Center This document prepared for the ICSSI conference, Oslo , Norway –...

  • Iraqi Voices
Between the Laws Inherited from the Era of Dictatorship and Legislation Seeking to Restrict Freedom of Expression and the Press in Iraq, The Reality is Not Consistent with the Principles of Democracy

Between the Laws Inherited from the Era of Dictatorship and Legislation Seeking to Restrict Freedom of Expression and the Press in Iraq, The Reality is Not Consistent with the Principles of Democracy

Yasser Salem Executive Director of Press Freedom Advocacy Association in Iraq Paper prepared for the ICSSI Conference in Oslo, October...

  • Freedom of Expression
Women Trade Unionists and Working Women in Iraq Today!

Women Trade Unionists and Working Women in Iraq Today!

Unionists: Ilham AbdulMaaboud Majeed President of the Communications Syndicate Member of the Executive Office of the General Federation of Trade...

  • Iraqi Voices
Draught, and Misuse threaten the natural and cultural heritage, and the right of access to water for the inhabitants of Mesopotamia

Draught, and Misuse threaten the natural and cultural heritage, and the right of access to water for the inhabitants of Mesopotamia

Nadia Al Baghdadi, A paper prepared for the ICSSI conference “”promoting dialogue and reconciliation, working for peaceful coexistence, and opportunities...

  • Environment