2012 - Archive
Why We Took Down Ahmed’s Video
Dear IRAP Supporters: Thank you so much for your rapid attention to the dire matter of LGBTI individuals currently being hunted down and massacred in Iraq. The speed with which our video, Ahmed’s Story, spread through the internet was wonderful and generous. It was call for help to support our work to protect these Iraqis [...]
Iraqi Government: European countries forcibly deporting Iraqi refugees
European countries are forcibly deporting Iraqi refugees against the Iraqi government’s wishes, according to a AK News story. The Iraqi government has objected to these deportations, citing concerns about the weak economy and the political nature of some deportations. Iraqi Immigration Minister Dindar Doski said: “The ministry is continuing its meetings with the ambassadors of these [...]
Refugees returning to Iraq met with sectarian violence
Deadly sectarian tensions persist in Iraq, and continue to terrorize refugees who return, according to a New York Times story. Near-record numbers of Iraqi are returning to Iraq, finding danger and bloodshed instead of safety and security. Larger government payments for returnees and allegedly improving security conditions have prompted unprecedented numbers of Iraqi refugees to [...]
White House officials: security clearances in SIV program have been expedited
The security clearance process for the special immigrant visa program – which resettles Iraqis who have been threatened because they served the U.S. government during the war – has been altered, and as a result more SIV visas have been issued in the past six months than in all of fiscal year 2011, according to [...]














