Nearly 560 Iraqi protesters and security forces were killed in months of anti-government unrest that erupted last year, the government said on Thursday.
Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s new government has pledged to investigate the deaths and incarceration of hundreds of protesters in unrest that unseated the previous government last year.
The death toll is roughly in line with what news outlets and rights groups have reported.
The government will treat all 560 people as “martyrs” and each family will be offered 10 million diners ($8,380) in compensation, Hisham Daoud, the prime minister’s adviser, told reporters.
Protests began on Oct. 1 and continued for several months, with hundreds of thousands of Iraqis demanding jobs, services and the removal of the ruling elite, which they said was corrupt.
The protests caused the resignation of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, who was replaced in May by Kadhimi, a former intelligence chief.
Reuters
Sebastien Delogu was suspended from the French parliament for two weeks on Tuesday after he…
one of the criminal chambers of the Court of Cassation rendered a judgment “rejecting on…
Lawyer and columnist Sonia Dahmani, detained following her rejection to comply after the summons of…
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday during a joint news conference with German Chancellor…
A new air raid that targeted a tent camp for displaced Palestinians in western Rafah's al-Mawasi region…
The Tunisian National Tourism Office (ONTT) commemorated Mr. Rohewedder, a German tourist and true ambassador…
This website uses cookies.