Baghdad summons Turkish diplomat, Maliki warns Ankara over Kurdish oil
January/12/2014 BAGHDAD – Agence France-Presse / Reuters Baghdad summoned Turkey’s chargé d’affaires Jan. 12 over moves by Iraq’s Kurdish region to sell oil independently via Ceyhan, saying the move was a violation of its constitution as prime minister Nuri al-Maliki warned Turkey on not ‘interfering’ on the issue. Deputy Prime Minister Hussein al-Shahristani, the top official […]
Where the Tigris Flows: Water Security in Post-War Iraq and Turkey
Jadaliyya by Chris Gratien Media coverage of Iraq in recent years has been dominated by the horrifying images of the American occupation, its impacts, and its aftermath. Sometimes lost among the political turmoil are the stories of how daily life continues and persists and how it is affected by the issues of the day. What will […]
Letter from Iraqi Unions to Leaders of Parliament
January 15th, 2014 Respectable Mr. Osama Al Nujaify President of Iraqi Parliament After greetings, The Iraqi Trade Unions together with Iraqi workers in general, have been demanding for the last ten years or so; the issuance of new labor legislations that are compatible with the ongoing changes and developments in the Labor world, and […]
Metro Center: 193 violations against Kurdish journalists in 2013
Hawar Abdulrazaq, BasNews (Sulaimaniyah): Jan 15, 2014 The Kurdish Journalist Rights Organization (Metro Center) has released its annual report for 2013 on violations against journalists in the Kurdistan region over the last 12 months. Metro reported that during the past year there have 193 registered cases of violations against 167 journalists across the Kurdistan region. […]
Another Year Fighting Against Ilisu Dam:
A Year Review of the Save the Tigris Campaign Johanna Rivera 16 0f January 2014 For the last year, the Save the Tigris Campaign has been actively working to raise awareness about the negative impacts of Ilisu dam, one of 22 dams built in Turkey on the Tigris River. The campaign gathers organizations form Turkey, Iraq […]
During 2013 members of the press who were killed or injured in Iraq climbed to alarming numbers, while freedom of the press was smashed between the hammer of armed militias and the anvil of the government. The Press Freedom Advocacy Association released its annual report for 2013, highlighting the serious deterioration in the working conditions […]
Resolution of Anbar crisis requires security, political coordination
Author Mushreq AbbasPosted January 3, 2014 Translator(s)Kamal Fayad Al-Monitor When the Iraqi army marched on the Anbar desert on Dec. 22 to wage war against al-Qaeda fighters along the Iraqi-Syrian border, the operation was viewed as an opportunity to restore the hope of achieving internal consensus around the necessity to fight extremism. Instead, however, it […]
Investigate Violence at Protest Camp
Human Rights Watch , JANUARY 4, 2014 Fighting Erupts in Anbar Province After Security Forces, Protesters Clash “The facts of the Ramadi incident are unclear, but government statements before the clashes and the deployment of the army seemed intended more to provoke violence than prevent it. Seventeen people died at Ramadi and the Iraqi authorities need […]
Rape and torture prevalent in iraqi prison system
niqash | Ahmed Muayed | Baghdad | 19.12.2013 The practice of torture to exact confessions from prisoners remains widespread in Iraq’s justice system. And investigators have apparently been able to practice it with impunity. But now even MPs from the ruling coalition are saying something needs to be done about it. The 34-year-old began to […]
Nineveh’s lawyers boycotting the court of investigating terrorism
Shafaq News / the Bar branch of Nineveh revealed on Sunday that the lawyers of the province of Nineveh break away the court of inquiry specialized in considering the issues of terrorism. The court was recently formed of judges and investigators from Baghdad and other provinces after the dissolution of the body that was consisting of […]