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On Tuesday, 55 associations and media and civil organizations warned against the danger of passing amendments to the controversial personal status law, pointing out that the adoption of these amendments would cause social problems and disintegration of the Iraqi family. Of political figures who trade votes. 

This came on the sidelines of a press conference organized by associations and media organizations and civil, at the headquarters of the National Union of Journalists in Baghdad and attended by "range." 
The participants in the conference warned of "the danger of passing amendments to the controversial personal status law, which is on the agenda of the Iraqi Council of Representatives currently," pointing out that "the adoption of amendments to the law will cause stormy problems that make the situation of Iraq worse." 
"The state of street turmoil in the country and the fear of many girls, women, and civil, social, academic and legal figures are pushing us to demand the rights of the Iraqi society, which the parliament is trying to undermine in a way that is contrary to the vote of confidence in the elections that were given to its members," he said.
For its part, stressed the deputy head of the union Amal Saqr that "the step of the draft amendments are rejected, and we will stand against them and mobilize the community and the media to prevent the passage, especially as its objectives are known with the upcoming elections, and the last of them carries a tendency of humanitarian principles and tribal Arab values ​​on which the Arab societies the eastern and fostered by the principles of the Islamic religion of tolerance and rapprochement of different religions, noting that the "coalition of the Article 38 constitutional internalized the 55 press, civil and legal organization rejects any amendment to the current law sober." 
Pedroh legal spoke Hussam al - Haj, about " the constitutional dimensions and juridical Yeh serious and judicial, which will make the judiciary, judges, lawyers and jurists in amazement and confusion and different looks for explanations and changes in the event of adoption of amendments, may obtain it from the sedate laws and the Iraqi judiciary and makes an awkward position with the treaties and organizations internationalism. "
"The sit-ins, demonstrations and movements on all authorities and entities will push to prevent the adoption of the project, which is behind him a group of political figures and parties, trading votes and feelings of citizens and voters to get sympathy under the pretext of doctrine and Sharia parents". 
The coordinator of the network of Iraqi women activist Amal Kabbashi, said that "the general conditions experienced by the country and the crises of terrorism and extremism and displaced and political differences, reflected on the reality of Iraqis and affected their lives, and the whirlwind included the draft amendments to the personal status law as lightning to all layers of the Iraqi people, "This raises the current time behind the political agendas and regional plans trying to undermine the judiciary and the law, which is included within the international laws high rights and amended for women, men and children."
"A 16-day campaign against violence against women will be launched to raise the slogan of peace from home to peace throughout Iraq," Kabbashi said. 
The civil activist for the protest movement, Dina al-Tai, a summary of "international activities supporting local civil society organizations rejecting the draft law, and the statements and symposiums, meetings and conferences held in a number of Arab countries and the world, and unanimously condemned and denounced the ongoing political cooks hit the fabric of Iraqi society" .