30 April 2013 Baghdad, Iraq It is with great concern that the NGO community in Iraq received the news about the assassination of the civilian activist Jala Dhiab Al Mufatij, head of the “Ansar Al Hurria” Organization in the early hours of the evening on 26 April 2013. The crime took place in a crowded street full of pedestrians and cafes, and only 300 meters away from an Iraqi Army checkpoint near the entrance of the city of Al Zubair in the south of the Basra Governorate. Using weapons with silencers, the offenders aimed their fire and struck the victim directly four times in the head and chest while his colleagues accompanying him in his car were uninjured. The assassins…

Sponsored by the NGO Coordination committee for Iraq (NCCI), a number of non-governmental organizations in Basra held their first General Assembly Conference of the Alliance of NGOs in Basra on Saturday, 6 April 2013, at Mujama’a Al-Yaqeen Hall. The conference was marked with the presence of more than 70 participants representing Local and International organizations, members of provincial council, politicians and media representatives.

NCCI is to hold its General Assembly Meeting on February 28th, 2013, in Erbil. Members and Observers are welcome to confirm their presence to