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Protests across Kurdistan demand unpaid wages, jobs, services – The Militant themilitant.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from themilitant.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government uses deadly force against wages protests Families of some of the dead claimed their relatives were shot while walking through crowds of protestors. Protesters in Saidsadiq, Sulaimaniya on December 9, 2020. (Credit: BKirkuk/Facebook) The protests began on December 3 when thousands of public sector workers in Iraq’s semi-autonomous KRG, took to the streets of Sulaimani, the capital city of Sulaimaniya province, to demand their unpaid wages. Around 1.2 million workers have not been paid for much of this year as the KRG has run out of cash. Budget disputes with the federal government in Baghdad and Iraq’s economic crisis have been compounded by the fall in oil prices and the pandemic-related downturn. The protesters were met with water cannon, rubber bullets and tear gas. ....
Dozens killed, injured in Iraq's Kurdistan protests as some consider leaving - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East al-monitor.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from al-monitor.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.