Investigative Reports
The Demographic Change Haunts Minorities in the Nineveh Plain
Since Imad Zuhair (a pseudonym, 47 years old) returned to Qaraqosh, the center of the Hamdaniya district in the Nineveh Plain, after it was liberated from ISIS in late 2016, he has not stopped thinking about leaving the country as soon as he finds a suitable opportunity for himself and his small family, a wife and two daughters (9 and 11 years old). Like thousands of others, he was forced to flee to Erbil on August 7, 2014, after ISIS militants took control of the area and gave the residents two options: either pay the poultry farm (a tax) and…
Marginalization policies and lack of justice… The Yezidis of Sheikhan
After spending nearly four decades in Sheikhan, Hadi Dubbani (57 years old) left the country with his family, leaving the Yezidi town located north of Mosul to settle in Germany, as did dozens of his relatives. He says in a choked voice: "ISIS destroyed everything for us, it turned our lives upside down. I even left the land I never imagined I would leave. Many things pushed us to this decision: security, fear for the future, discrimination, and the absence of justice." Dubbani, who held the position of director of the Yezidi Endowment in Duhok Governorate in the Kurdistan Region…
Documents Found After the Fall of Assad Show Syrian Intelligence
A file discovered at General Intelligence Directorate headquarters details an operation to investigate SIRAJ, a Syrian journalist collective that is part of the OCCRP network.
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Female genital mutilation in Kurdistan Painful stories in search for
This report won Seymour Hersh Prize as the best investigative report in the Arab World for the year 2010. It also won the First Prize of universal Lorenzo Natali journalism competition. The report is written by Dlovan Berwari, member of NIRIJ net and supervised by Muhamad Al- Rubaiee general supervisor…
Female genital mutilation in Kurdistan Painful stories in search for
This report won Seymour Hersh Prize as the best investigative report in the Arab World for the year 2010. It also won the First Prize of universal Lorenzo Natali journalism competition. The report is written by Dlovan Berwari, member of NIRIJ net and supervised by Muhamad Al- Rubaiee general supervisor…
Children Indulging in Iraqi Violence to the Level of Suicide
This investigative report won the second prize of Seymour Hersh Prize for best investigative reports in the Arab World for the year 2010. It was accomplished by Mayada Dawod (Milad Al-Juburi ) and supervised by NIRIJ net’s general supervisor Muhamad Al-Rubaiee, for the benefit of “broadcasters for an investigative Arabic…
Investigative journalism gains ground in Iraq
05 Jan. 2013 In post-war Iraq, the need for quality investigative journalism is immense. Despite adverse conditions, reporters trained by an IMS-supported network for investigative journalists, continue to make headway By Andreas Reventlow “Of course we risk a lot during our work, but this is just part of our…
