We’re an independent, non-partisan collective of UK-based Iraqis organising in support of an egalitarian Iraq, free & fair for all its citizens. 📸Karrar Nasser
London, England
Joined November 2019
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Collective Action For Iraq (CAFI) / كافي retweeted
Join Oula Kadhum (@SOAS), @KhogirW, @MuhanadSeloom and @KamaranMPalani for a discussion on the future of power-sharing in #Iraq, featuring Iraqi researchers from both within the country and the diaspora.
Mon 24 Feb | 5:30 - 7PM UK time | LSE & Zoom
lse.ac.uk/middle-east-centre…
Collective Action For Iraq (CAFI) / كافي retweeted
What happens when temperature routinely passes 50C in the summertime?
- Power grids fail.
- Parents drive all night to cool kids in their cars.
- Newborns struggle to breathe.
- Day labourers hospitalised for heatstroke.
- Generator bills (and debt) mount.
washingtonpost.com/world/202…
Collective Action For Iraq (CAFI) / كافي retweeted
A senior adviser at the Iraqi water resources ministry warned on Thursday that the country’s water reserves have decreased by 50% since last year, due to drought + declining river levels. Water pollution is also a high concern for officials. #Iraq #climate rudaw.net/english/middleeast…
Collective Action For Iraq (CAFI) / كافي retweeted
On #IWD, we shared ten women-led Iraqi initiatives for you to support! We will list them here but make sure to check them out through our Insta page!
1 @CAFIraq - a London based independent, non-partisan collective of UK-based Iraqis organizing in support of an egalitarian Iraq
Collective Action For Iraq (CAFI) / كافي retweeted
Iraq Camps Appeal
This urgent fundraising campaign (target of 5000 USD) aims at providing urgent help to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Iraq. Recent snow storms have devastated IDPs and refugee camps in Iraq. The freezing temperatures have made their daily life impossible
Collective Action For Iraq (CAFI) / كافي retweeted
We are #hiring a #LegalFellow! Join us and support our #StrategicLitigation work on #MinorityRights and #indigenous issues.
minorityrights.org/jobs/lega…
Collective Action For Iraq (CAFI) / كافي retweeted
RECRUITMENT
Hello! You may have noticed we've gone a little quiet recently.
Well, we're back - and we're now looking for people to join our lovely team!
Most of us are London-based, but you don't have to be!
Collective Action For Iraq (CAFI) / كافي retweeted
According to @cptiraq, 603 protesters, mostly students, have been detained in the last five days only in Slemani province, including minors.
#KurdistanProtests
بەپێی دوایین زانیاری کە لە @cptiraq دەستم کەوتووە، بەهۆی خۆپیشاندانەکانی ئەم پێنج ڕۆژە ٦٠٣ کەس لەلایەن هێزە ئەمنییەکانی پارێزگەی سلێمانی دەستگیر کراون کە زۆرینەیان خوێندکارن. لەناو گیراوەکان منداڵیش هەن. زیندانی ئاسایشی گشتی ١٣ منداڵی تێدایە.
#KurdistanProtests
Collective Action For Iraq (CAFI) / كافي retweeted
@cptiraq: “According to CPT sources, in the last three days at least 91 student demonstrators from Sulaimani and Erbil have been arrested. Their family members do not know where they are being held or in what condition.”
#KurdistanProtests
Collective Action For Iraq (CAFI) / كافي retweeted
Dozens who students who tried to protest in front of higher education ministry in Erbil today have been detained by security forces.
No journalist has been allowed to get close to the scene.
Collective Action For Iraq (CAFI) / كافي retweeted
Attacks on students in #Sulaimaniya is not shocking. In the past decade, Asayish forces of both major parties of @Kurdistan gov have made freedom of expression & assembly one of the most dangerous practices to take part in.A subject discussed only in whispers or cries of agony.
Collective Action For Iraq (CAFI) / كافي retweeted
Security forces in Sulaimani use tear gas to disperse the students who were protesting today.
In Sulaimani, Erbil and several other towns, security forces have ended the protests by forces and set up large forces in front of the universities.
Collective Action For Iraq (CAFI) / كافي retweeted
Security forces working to break up protests inside the new campus of the University of #Sulaimani using tear gas on the fourth day of sustained student protests in the city.
Demos also reported in Erbil, Ranya, and Halabja.
Collective Action For Iraq (CAFI) / كافي retweeted
The security forces in Sulaimani has violently clamped down on students who have been protesting to reinstate their allowance that has been cut since 2013; a dozen injured.
The public university students used to get a monthly 100,000 Iraqi Dinar ($50) before it was cut in 2013.
Collective Action For Iraq (CAFI) / كافي retweeted
Students marching from the University of #Sulaimani old campus for a third day of protests
Collective Action For Iraq (CAFI) / كافي retweeted
A reminder that Dr Enas Muhammad, a protestor/activist, has been gone missing for a day. #Iraq
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Collective Action For Iraq (CAFI) / كافي retweeted
#IRAQ Appears to be measuring turnout as a percentage of those who registered to vote - not of the entire electorate. So, 40 percent of those registered. But 36 percent of the electorate.
This could explain the unexpectedly high turnout figures - which are still a historic low
Collective Action For Iraq (CAFI) / كافي retweeted
All eyes on turnout in Iraq’s parliamentary election. Almost all Iraqi leaders, have asked people to cast their votes but many young Iraqis told us they have little reason to do so. Some though said they will despite knowing that they have to choose between “ bad and worse”
Collective Action For Iraq (CAFI) / كافي retweeted
Protest in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square today - photos of some of the hundreds of protestors and activists killed by security forces and militias with almost no one brought to trial. Most demonstrators say they see no point in voting in Iraq elections next week.
