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ISIS, oil and war!

ISIS, oil and war!

DW – Iraq ISIS militants are selling oil from their conquered territories, further fueling tensions in the region. This has...

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Iraq: New Guidelines Silence Media

Iraq: New Guidelines Silence Media

Emergency Decree Also Puts Pressure on Critical Reporting JULY 3, 2014 – Human Rights Watch (Baghdad) – Iraq’s new media guidelines...

  • Freedom of Expression
U.S. Court Reinstate a Lawsuit Accusing Company Contracting with the Pentagon to Torture in Iraq!

U.S. Court Reinstate a Lawsuit Accusing Company Contracting with the Pentagon to Torture in Iraq!

BAGHDAD / YNews After a decade on Abu Ghraib prison scandal in Iraq, a U.S. appeals court reinstated a lawsuit...

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Register for the ICSSI Conference 2014 in Oslo

Register for the ICSSI Conference 2014 in Oslo

Following the invitation for the ICSSI Conference 2014 in Norway (Oslo, 27-29 October 2014), please fill up the following registration...

  • Oslo Conference 2014
Amnesty: Extrajudicial Executions of Detainees by Government Forces and Shi’a Militias

Amnesty: Extrajudicial Executions of Detainees by Government Forces and Shi’a Militias

27 June 2014 – Amnesty Amnesty International has gathered evidence pointing to a pattern of extrajudicial executions of detainees by government...

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USLAW Statement: NO Iraq War Replay!

USLAW Statement: NO Iraq War Replay!

Statement adopted by “US Labor Against the War” Steering Committee, June 25, 2014 A majority of working people opposed the...

  • Social and Economic Rights
Iraqi Media Fail: Encouraging Sectarian Division, Spreading Rumors, Causing War

Iraqi Media Fail: Encouraging Sectarian Division, Spreading Rumors, Causing War

By Daoud al-Ali, Niqash, Baghdad – June 25, 2014 The way that the Iraqi media have covered the current crisis...

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DONATE NOW: Water Emergency in Qaraqosh (Bakhdeda) and Karemlesh – 22 June 2014

DONATE NOW: Water Emergency in Qaraqosh (Bakhdeda) and Karemlesh – 22 June 2014

Appeal by Un ponte per… Update of June 29 – Some 70% of Christian IDPs from Qaraqosh and Karemlesh (Ninewa...

  • Human Rights
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) conducted mass executions in Tikrit

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) conducted mass executions in Tikrit

HRW (Baghdad) – Analysis of photographs and satellite imagery strongly indicates that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)...

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Minorities Need Protection in Ninawa Governorate: the Shabak are among the most vulnerable

Minorities Need Protection in Ninawa Governorate: the Shabak are among the most vulnerable

Statement by the Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI), June 27, 2014 A call for the protection of minorities, and...

  • Minorities and IDPs
Iraq’s Minorities Left between Scorpions and a Hard Place

Iraq’s Minorities Left between Scorpions and a Hard Place

Letta Tayler Published in: CNN Sunday wasn’t a good day in northern Iraq’s al-Hamdaniyah district. The previous night, Sunni extremist...

  • Minorities and IDPs
In Breach of Official Advice Meant to Prevent Unnecessary Suffering, US Fired Depleted Uranium at Civilian areas in Iraq

In Breach of Official Advice Meant to Prevent Unnecessary Suffering, US Fired Depleted Uranium at Civilian areas in Iraq

US fired depleted uranium at civilian areas in 2003 Iraq war, report finds The Guardian Dutch peace group Pax says...

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