Iraq- Security forces fired bullets at protesters in Al-Wathba

Baghdad- Iraq 28/01/2020

The confrontations between the security forces and the protesters are still renewed every day in the sit-in squares in the center of Baghdad and a number of governorates, where the security forces fired bullets and teargas today at the protesters in Al-Wathba Square in central Baghdad, and protesters stressed that next Friday will be the last Friday of the million protests, adding that if their demands are not fulfilled, there will be significant escalatory measures, and a number of protesters appealed to the United Nations to intervene immediately to protect the unarmed protesters, Yesterday, 16 foreign countries condemned the continued treatment of the Iraqi security forces and militias in excessive violence with the protesters.