“The only thing these sand niggers understand is force and I’m about to introduce them to it.”
“The poor services and lack of healthcare put people’s lives at risk. Most Kirkuk residents cannot easily access clean drinking water or a good sewage system.”
According to the Iraqi health ministry and the World Health Organisation, WHO, over 30 per cent of water samples taken in Kirkuk have tested positive for bacterial contamination […]
Mother of three sets fire to herself in desperate bid escape an abusive marriage.
For three days, I thought about a way to end my life. Eventually, I decided that I must set myself on fire. It was an easier choice. And I remember when I was a kid one of our neighbours set herself […]
Kurds, Turkomans and Arabs criticise recommendations on how to resolve territorial disputes in north.
UN Proposal Provokes Anger : By Zaineb Naji in Baghdad (ICR No. 262, 19-Jun-08) Zaineb Naji is an IWPR-trained journalist in Baghdad. Middle East editor Tiare Rath contributed to this report.
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Rival political factions have slammed a United […]
“It’s like you’re deciding to commit suicide if you want to go on top of the roof because you will be at the mercy of American snipers and aimless barrages of bullets from the militants.”
Hospitals are short on electricity and small public and private clinics have shut down altogether.
Air strikes by US forces […]
Analysts say political agreement must be reached to defuse escalating tensions over contested city’s status.
“Kirkuk Dispute Close to Boiling Point” by By Caroline Tosh in London and Zaineb Ahmed in Iraq (ICR No. 250, 18-Mar-08). Caroline Tosh is an IWPR editor in London. Zaineb Ahmed is an IWPR-trained journalist in Baghdad.
Last month, a United Nations […]
A shortage of staff, equipment, and medical supplies is crippling the local health-care system.
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Health Care Woes By Zaineb Naji in Baghdad (ICR No. 248, 10-Mar-08) Zainab Naji is an IWPR […]
If the government responses to our conditions which are a general amnesty, amendments to the accountability and justice law and an expansion of the power of the deputy prime ministers, then we will return to the government.
Reconciliation Back on Iraqi Agenda? By Zainab Naji in Baghdad (ICR No. 246, 18-Feb-08). Zainab Naji is an IWPR […]
Every day, more and more women are killed in Kurdistan while the authorities watch and do nothing
Official sources say in Sulaimaniyah alone 30 women were killed in the first six months of the year.
The maximum punishment is two years’ imprisonment, and, in most cases, the sentence is commuted if the defendant has no criminal […]
Attempts by pressure group to gather support for early elections said to have been thwarted.
Kurds’ Frustration With Leaders Grows.
By Wrya Hama-Tahir in Sulaimaniyah (ICR No. 246, 12-Feb-08). Wrya Hama-Tahir is an IWPR correspondent in Sulaimaniyah
Security forces in Kurdistan are reportedly obstructing attempts by activists, angered by poor services and official corruption, to pressure the […]
Political parties pay only lip-service to women’s demands for greater political clout.
Despite a reputation for courage on the battlefield, Kurdish women are unable to penetrate the upper echelons of power in the region’s top parties and government, according to politicians and women’s activists.
Kurdish Women Hit Glass Ceiling By Barham Omar in Sulaimaniyah (ICR […]