UNHCR Concerned Over Restrictions on Freedom of Movement for Displaced Iraqis in Camps
Source – UNHCR This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Ariane Rummery – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 11 March 2016, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The UN Refugee Agency is concerned about a rising trend of newly-displaced Iraqis being forcibly […]
What is Abadi doing to Protect Iraq’s Christians?
Omar Al-Jaffal – Almonitor Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon Louis Sako boycotted the National Conference on the Protection of Peaceful Coexistence, the Ban of Hatred and the Fight against Terrorism and Extremism held in the Iraqi parliament Feb. 7. Sako thought it was “useless to participate in conferences of slogans and mere talk that do not result in […]
The Trade Unions Role in Social Peace and Promoting Freedoms and Social Justice
Wessam Chaseb Among the activities of the Iraqi Social Forum in its second round, the forum with the Solidarity Center/ Iraq program jointly organized a discussion session on the 3rd of October, 2015 in cooperation with Iraqi trade unions, at the Abu Nu’as park in Baghdad. The objective of that session was discussing the role […]
Honduran anti-dam activist Berta Cáceres murdered
With great sadness The Save the Tigris Campaign has learned of the assassination of Honduran environmental and human rights activist Berta Cáceres in her home on March 3, 2016. Berta was the founder of Council of Indigenous Peoples of Honduras (COPINH) and an anti-dam activist. Earlier she had received threats against her life. According to […]
Statement of Establishment of the Moroccan Coalition for Climate Justice
Numerous Moroccan organizations, associations, unions, civil society networks and social movements met on 7 February 2016 in Rabat within the framework of a national consultation in light of the United Nations conference on climate change from 8 to 17 November 2016 in Marrakech (COP22). The Save the Tigris and Iraqi Marshes Campaign will attend the […]
The Killing of 58 Woman for Honor Reasons During One Year in Kurdistan Region
Shafaq News Alhayat Group for the defense of women’s rights in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, have announced that the year of 2015 witnessed the death of 58 women due to honor cases, noting that the perpetrators have not been arrested so far. Banaz Omar, the group member said in a press statement reported to […]
Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI) March 2016 With the growth of peaceful protests and demands for radical change and reform of the Iraqi government in response to rampant corruption and the failure to provide services, risks for activists, journalists, and other human rights defenders, who are the backbone of the protests, are increasing. […]
Joint Strategy Workshop: Iraqi Social Forum and Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative
11 to 14 February 2016 – Istanbul, Turkey For four days, from February 11 to 14, 2016, members of the ISF [Iraqi Social Forum] and the ICSSI [Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative] met in Istanbul for a joint strategy planning workshop. These civil society activists – from Iraq, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, the United States, […]
The Union of Kurdish Students in Syria stands in solidarity with Iraqi activists
Dilibrin Khalil (UKSSD) – Istanbul, February 2016. The Union of Kurdish Students in Syria and Deutschland (UKSSD) was established in 2011 following the popular revolution in which the Syrian people demanded freedoms and a more democratic government. The Union has evolved out of several student groups that were active in civil actions at the […]
Iraqi unions and the opportunity to play a key role in social forums
Wesam Chasib Oudah (Iraq Program Manager, Solidarity Center), February 2016. Iraqi unions and the signs of hope The load of challenges that Iraqi unions confronted and still do – such as those in administrative, organizing, legal, economic, social, and security perspectives – is obvious to everyone. But in spite of these challenges, unions were able […]
Back to Iraq: US Military Contractors Return In Droves
MARCUS WEISGERBER – Defense One Behind the president’s directive to ‘accelerate’ the counter-ISIS campaign came a surge in the number of contractors assisting in the campaign against ISIS. The number of private contractors working for the U.S. Defense Department in Iraq grew eight-fold over the past year, a rate that far outpaces the growing number […]
Iraq: Are Women Going To Be Represented in the New Cabinet?
Muhamed Hassan – Feb 22, 2016 – Immersed in Thinking Blog. Iraqi politics has been sharply defined by the absence of women in government posts, a phenomenon which has prompted some women parliamentarians to issue a plea for the prime minister to include them in the next round of his much vaunted cabinet reshuffle. While […]