BAGHDAD - Iraqi protesters struggled to keep up their anti-government sit-ins on Sunday following a deadly crackdown by security forces that Amnesty International warned could turn into a"bloodbath".
Security forces early on Sunday deployed tear gas in the southern city of Nasiriyah to keep back a crowd trying to shut down the education directorate. They also cracked down in Baghdad, where four protesters were killed on Saturday around the central protest site of Tahrir Square. "This is turning into nothing short of a bloodbath - all government promises of reforms or investigations ring hollow while security forces continue to shoot and kill protesters," said Amnesty's regional director Heba Morayef.
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