BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces fired live rounds on Thursday to break up protests held for a third day in Baghdad despite an open-ended curfew in effect since dawn.
Tensions have been exacerbated by a near-total internet blackout, the closure of government offices in Baghdad and calls by firebrand cleric Moqtada al-Sadr for"a general strike." Another two demonstrators died further south in Nasiriyah, which has so far seen the deadliest protests with a total of eight protesters and one police officer killed.
Into the night on Wednesday, marches from different parts of the capital attempted to converge on the square, whose name means"liberation" in Arabic. The protests appear to be largely spontaneous so far, with angry crowds carrying Iraqi flags and shunning any involvement by the country's main political players.
"The ability to preserve the right to protest is a sign of political and democratic maturity. Moreover, the use of force only fuels the anger," she said in a statement.An Iraqi protester gestures in front of security forces during a demonstration against state corruption, failing public services and unemployment, on Oct 2, 2019 in the southern city of Basra.
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