The False Promises of Hydropower: How dams fail to deliver the Paris Climate Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals A Joint Statement by Civil Society Organizations on occasion of the 2019 World Hydropower Congress in Paris, France Paris, May 13th, 2019 Read the full statement here We live in an age of urgency. Scientists […]
It‘s Not too Late to Save Hasankeyf and Tigris River! No Filling of the Ilisu Dam Reservoir!
+++ International Urgent Call to Turkish Government and International Public +++ It‘s not too late to Save Hasankeyf and Tigris River! No filling of the Ilisu Dam Reservoir! For 12.000 years, Hasankeyf in the Southeast of Turkey has been a site of uninterrupted human settlement. With the labour of dozen of cultures this outstanding universal […]
Peaceful Coexistence in The First Kokamila Peace Festival in The City of Karamlis
Under the slogan “You are the branches of the vine”, Bridge To.. (UPP) organized its project to build bridges between the Nineweh communities in collaboration with the Raja Organization for Development and Growing and the Karamlis Chaldean. The first Kokamila Peace Festival on Easter day at St. Barbara’s Monastery on 25 April 2019. Kokamila or […]
1 May Celebrates Iraqi Workers
On 1 May, Iraq witnessed massive public celebrations of workers: the employed and unemployed, men and women, the disadvantaged and the marginalized. This day was a declaration of solidarity with all those ‘in the trenches’ who struggle against the exploitive practices, racial discrimination and economic injustice, which seem to grow naturally from a system of […]
Iraq ferry sinking: ‘Nearly 100 dead’ in Tigris river
Almost 100 people are reported to have died after a ferry sank in the Tigris river in Iraq’s city of Mosul. Most of the victims were women and children, the interior ministry said. It is thought nearly 200 people were on board. The ferry was heading towards a tourist island as part of new year […]
Standing in Solidarity with the Victims of the Mosul Ferry
Every year, Iraqis celebrate their national, religious and cultural heritage with events and festivities to mark Norouz and Mother’s Day. Thousands go out to vast green areas of Iraq to celebrate this day. In Mosul this year, this happy occasion turned into a crisis. On 21 March, more than 180 people died after a ferry […]
Global Days of Action for Iraq’s Waterways
On 14 March of every year, millions of people around the world raise their voices to highlight those struggling to protect the earth’s rivers for International Day of Action for Rivers, and on 22 March, they turn their attention to all the world’s water for World Water Day. This year, local social forums joined with […]
In Their Third Year, Kahramana Path Shines Demanding the Freedom of Running for Women
Women have never stood still waiting to get their basic rights. One of those rights is the freedom of running down the streets without harassment. On 9 March 2019, International Women’s Day, the Sport Against Violence organization and the Kahramana masar (path) held their third race for women and girls in Al Zawra’ Park in […]
Preliminary reading of the memorandum of understanding signed with initials between Iraq and Turkey in the field of water 2019, Ismaeel Dawood Save the Tigris Campaign, April 2019 The Turkish Ministry of Forest and Water Affairs and the Iraqi Ministry of Water Resources have prepared a memorandum of understanding between them consisting of 12 articles. […]
“Water is Under Assault in Mesopotamia” – Final Declaration 1st Mesopotamian Water Forum
Herewith the final declaration of the 1st Mesopotamian Water Forum, which was held on April 6-8, 2019 in Sulaimani (Sulaymaniyah) in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. More than 180 water activists from the Mesopotamia region and other countries gathered for the 3-day forum at Sulaimani University. Several civil society organizations from all over Mesopotamia – […]
Iraq Fears Bevy of Levees Will Mean Parched Years Ahead
Omar Sattar, Al-Monitor, 5 April 2019 BAGHDAD — Although water levels in the Tigris and Euphrates rivers have been rising as torrential rains fill some of the largest dams in Iraq, the threat of drought persists. Turkey is now taking the necessary steps to fill its controversial Ilisu Dam, while Iran continues to cut off tributaries of the rivers flowing […]
Diyala Social Forum Installs Informational Signs to Prevent Pollution in Khraissan River
The Diyala Social Forum has begun efforts to address these pollution problems in their province. Pointing to the pollution of the Khraissan River, the Diyala Social Forum created a working group to study solutions that could be implemented to reduce this pollution. An urgent meeting was held to review opinions and plans, and to choose […]