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Save the Tigris Campaign holds successful seminars in four southern Iraq Provinces
Last week, the Save the Tigris Campaign held seminars in four provinces in South Iraq: Basra, Missan, Dhi Qar and Qadissiya with the support of local civil society…
Renaissance Dam in Ethiopia and the Similar Turkish Case
By Ahmed az-Zoba`i Translation from Arabic by: Safaa Sheikh Hammed Original Arabic: http://www.iraqnewspaper.net/news.php?action=view&id=22010 “Egypt is the gift of the Nile,” says Herodotus. Egypt could have been part of the Great Arab Desert without the Nile. The…
Rivers Unite, Dams Divide: A Struggle to Protect Rivers and Preserve Life
“The struggle of the Mapuche, Hasankeyf and the Indigenous people of the Amazon, is a struggle to preserve the planet” Mapuche leader Moira Millan to Osman Baydemir, Mayor…
International Activists Block Ilısu Dam Construction Site
Press Release: International Activists Block Ilisu Dam Construction Site Source: Damocracy Representative from the Save the Tigris Campaign participated in the delegation May 21 2013, Turkey Representatives of…
Meet Me in Hasankeyf: Culture, People and Politics in Hasankeyf
By Johanna Rivera, Save the Tigris After our session on global solidarity against water grabs, I headed to south east Turkey, to the region where the GAP project…
A common story between Chibayish and Hasankeyf
By Nawras Al-Shabani Translated by Taif Alwachi One of the kids began drawing his portrait, and bestowed it with bright colors, childhood innocence, and the beauty of nature…
Global solidarity against water grabs by dams and mining projects
These are highlights from our session at the World Social Forum in Tunis titled “Global Solidarity Against Water Grabs by Dam and Mining Projects.” We had interventions and…
Save Tigris Campaign releases Open Letter to Andritz: disastrous impacts of Ilisu Dam for Iraq
To: Mr Wolfgang Leitner, Andritz’s President and CEO From: Save the Tigris Campaign Coalition We are a group of Iraqi civil society organizations that are deeply concerned about…
Press Release: Open Letter sent to Andritz Company concerning its engagement in the construction of Ilisu Dam
Press Release: Open Letter sent to Andritz Company concerning its engagement in the construction of Ilisu Dam 22 March 2013 On occasion of Andritz’s Annual General Meeting which…
Press Release: Save the Tigris Campaign Participates in the International Day of Action Against Dams and For Rivers, Water and Life
The People of Iraq Campaign to Save the Tigris announces its support to the global mobilization that took place on the framework of the International Day of Action…
Ilisu Dam halted by Turkish Court
Save the Tigris Campaign welcomes the ruling of the Turkish State Council against the construction of the Ilisu dam project. This is a victory for those working against the…
Major points from the 2000 Report of the World Commission on Dams
Some see in our [water] scarcity a harbinger of troubled waters to come. They believe water scarcity inevitably locks peoples, regions and nations in a fierce, competitive struggle…