Tuesday, 12 January, 2021 - 09:00
Iraqi protesters are pictured next to burning tires during clashes with police during anti-government demonstrations in Nasiriyah, southern Iraq, on January 10, 2021. (AFP) Baghdad – Fadhel al-Nashmi
After a long day of clashes between protesters and security officers, relative calm returned to the Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, which is also the capital of the southern Dhii Qar governorate.
Clashes had resulted in one death and over 100 injuries among demonstrators and security forces.
Many suspected a dramatic escalation of violence given the continued targeting and killing of activists with an Iraqi lawyer sustaining critical injuries after a group of gunmen opened fire at him in an apparent assassination attempt.
Iraqi policeman shot dead, dozens wounded in Nasiriyah protests
Witnesses said security forces opened fire to disperse demonstrators from the city s Haboubi Square, after third consecutive day of protests
Iraqi protesters are pictured next to burning tyres during clashes with police during anti-government demonstrations in Nasiriyah, southern Iraq, on 10 January 2021 (AFP) By Published date: 10 January 2021 18:07 UTC | Last update: 2 months 2 weeks ago
A policeman was killed Sunday in Iraq, as security forces tried to disperse a third consecutive day of protests in the city of Nasiriyah, according to medics.
The policeman was killed by a bullet to the head , a medic in the city, 300km south of the capital Baghdad, said, according to AFP.
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Deadly clashes erupted between Iraqi security forces and anti-government protesters on Sunday in the southern city of Nasiriyah following the death of two activists and a policeman.
The protests started last Friday after security forces arrested an activist in the city’s Haboubi Square.
Footage showed protesters running and chanting while security forces confronted them with teargas and gunshots, injured. One policeman was killed and 33 others were injured during the events that took place today, Sunday, in the city of Nasiriyah, Dhi Qar Governorate,
the country s security forces said.
Two civilians were killed during the p
ast 48 hours, the Iraqi High Commission of Human Rights, told
Lawyers association calls for investigation into hideous murder of Ali al-Hamami
Lawyer and activist Ali al-Hamami (Facebook) By Published date: 9 January 2021 16:14 UTC | Last update: 2 months 3 weeks ago
A senior lawyer and activist was killed in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah on Friday after unknown assailants broke into his home, according to officials and local media.
A member of the semi-official Iraq High Commission for Human Rights tweeted that Ali al-Hamami had died of suffocation on Friday after a group of men entered his house in the Shatra region of the city.
According to the Dhi Qar Bar Association, Hamami s mouth had been gagged with tape and his house had been robbed.