Deadly attacks in Iraq spark mounting calls for election boycott
Killings, attempted murder and abductions have targeted more than 70 activists since a protest movement erupted against government corruption and incompetence in 2019.
Monday 24/05/2021
An Iraqi anti-government demonstrator waves a national flag during a demonstration in the central Iraqi city of Najaf on March 14, 2021. (AFP)
BAGHDAD A wave of deadly attacks on pro-democracy activists and journalists in Iraq has sparked calls to boycott October parliamentary elections, as perpetrators go unpunished.
Killings, attempted murder and abductions have targeted more than 70 activists since a protest movement erupted against government corruption and incompetence in 2019.
Elections were set in response to a central demand of the protracted protest movement that lasted from October to June 2020 and during which demonstrators also railed against Iran’s influence in Iraq.
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