Iraq Deaths

• Close to 500 people killed in Iraq protests since October: human rights group

  Iraq has been roiled by protests since Oct. 1 in which demonstrators have taken to the streets to decry corruption, poor services and a lack of jobs. They have also called for an end to the political system imposed after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.

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  Dec 28, 2019
  
• Iraq president rejects Iran-backed Prime Minister candidate, offers to resign

  President Barham Salih said in a statement issued by his office that he would not name the governor of the southern Basra province, Asaad al-Eidani, as the country's next prime minister "to avoid more bloodshed and in order to safeguard civil peace."

  Dec 26, 2019
  
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• 7 killed after Iraqi security forces open fire on protesters: sources

  More than 50 others were wounded, mainly by live bullets and tear gas canisters, in clashes across Baghdad, the sources added.

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  Nov 24, 2019
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• ‘This bloodbath must stop’: Amnesty calls for violence to end against Iraqi protesters

  Since the unrest began last month, more than 260 protesters have been killed by security forces who have used live ammunition, rubber bullets and tear gas in an effort to quell the protests.

  World

  Nov 10, 2019
• 6 dead, more than 100 wounded in Iraq anti-government protests

  Mass protests erupted in Baghdad and across southern Iraq last month, calling for the overhaul of the political system established after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.

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  Nov 9, 2019