by admin | Mar 20, 2021 | Action Alerts, Anti-Intervention, Iraq, Top Story
On 16 February, the Second Erbil Criminal Court, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, sentenced five journalists—Sherwan Sherwani, Guhdar Zebari, Hariwan Issa, Ayaz Karan, and Shvan Saeed—to six years in prison following a blatantly unfair trial. All five of the men were...
by admin | Jan 23, 2021 | Anti-Intervention, Iraq, Top Story
The September 16, 2007 Nisour Square massacre of 17 Iraqi civilians, including two young boys, by Blackwater employees led to worldwide condemnation of the use of private military contractors in war zones. In addition to those killed, at least 20 other Iraqis were...
by admin | Dec 14, 2020 | Iraq, Top Story
Anti-government protests in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) escalated and in some cases turned violent over the last two weeks, in the governorates of Sulaymaniyah and Duhok. In Erbil, the third governorate in the KRI, streets in major cities were packed with...
by admin | Nov 20, 2020 | Anti-Intervention, Iraq, Top Story
Images of protesters who were killed and revolutionary slogans were all that remained in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square, on the morning of November 1st, after government authorities forcibly reopened streets surrounding the square and hauled away tents that protesters had...
by admin | Oct 24, 2020 | Anti-Intervention, Iraq, Top Story
On October 1, the anniversary of the demonstrations that sparked the October Revolution of 2019, protesters returned to Tahrir Square in Baghdad and to the public squares of cities across southern Iraq. They are calling for massive protests to begin again in response...
by admin | Sep 28, 2020 | Anti-Intervention, Events & Updates, Iraq, Top Story, UFPJ
On September 21, The UN International Day for Peace, United for Peace & Justice was pleased to co-host the north American premiere of “We Are Many”. This moving film tells the inspiring story of the historic global protests demanding No War with Iraq. The film...
