Iraq sentences confessed killer of two journalists to death
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The central Iraqi city of Karbala is one in mourning. For the past few days, that mourning has been for the loss of the activist and journalist Ihab Al Wazni, who was assassinated by gunmen on Sunday. It is widely believed that an Iran-backed militia is responsible. But Al Wazni is not the first.
He is the latest victim in a wave of attacks against dissenting voices, making him the most recent member of a new generation of Iraqi heroes who have died for the cause of a freer, more inclusive Iraq.
Al Wazni is the latest victim in a wave of attacks targeting dissenting voices, making him the most recent member of a new generation of Iraqi fallen heroes for the cause of a freer, more inclusive Iraq. Dozens of civil society voices have been silenced since the start of mass protests nearly two years ago. They are known to Iraqis and the world not by any ethnic or religious affiliation, but by their intellectual efforts to improve the country s future: Hisham Al Hashimi, a leading
Monday, 15 February, 2021 - 10:30
An Iraqi protester chants slogans as she waves the national flag during an anti-government demonstration in the southern city of Basra on February 7, 2020. (AFP) Asharq Al-Awsat
Iraqi security forces have arrested four individuals in the southern city of Basra suspected of killing anti-government protesters and vocal journalists, two senior security officials told AFP on Sunday.
The arrests would represent the first major step towards justice for some of the nearly 600 Iraqis killed in protest-related violence, including assassinations, since 2019. Intelligence forces arrested four suspected members of a 16-person network responsible for the assassinations in Basra targeting activists, one of the sources said.
Demonstrators have decried longstanding impunity regarding death of some 600 Iraqi protesters since October 2019 uprising
An Iraqi protester chants slogans as she waves the national flag during an anti-government demonstration in the southern city of Basra on 7 February 2020 (AFP) By Published date: 14 February 2021 16:02 UTC | Last update: 1 month 2 weeks ago
Iraqi security forces have arrested four individuals in the southern city of Basra suspected of killing anti-government protesters and vocal journalists, two senior security officials told AFP on Sunday.
The arrests would represent the first major step towards justice for some of the nearly 600 Iraqis killed in protest-related violence, including assassinations, since October 2019.
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