MESOPOTAMIA NEWS FOCUS : Iraqi Forces Meet Protesters with Violence: Amnesty International

BasNews 21/01/2020 – 02:09 Published in Iraq ERBIL – The Amnesty International has blamed the Iraqi security forces for the way they deal with the protesters, saying that they meet the demonstrators “with violence”.

“Disheartening reports that the security forces once again meet protesters with violence in Baghdad,” it said in a statement on Monday.

The Amnesty International also argued that the Iraqi security forces should protect the demonstrators, adding that: “It is the right of every #Iraqi to be allowed to protest peacefully. It is the duty of Iraqi security forces to protect that right.”

Iraq has been suffering from anti-government protests in the capital Baghdad and other southern cities since the beginning of October.

Hundreds of protesters have been killed, and more than 25,000 others have been injured, Iraq’s High Commission of Human Rights has said