Listan uppdateras kontinuerligt, nu senast Local press agencies reported that Bahadli was hit by as many as 15 bullets when his vehicle was ambushed. At least 13 people have been confirmed dead over the past 15 days, while local activists contacted by MEMO cite figures almost three times the official number. Among the dead was 20 year old Hussein Youssef Hussein, shot in the head during riots outside the headquarters of the Iran-backed Badr Organisation in Diwaniyah.
The security forces still failed to disperse the crowds. Hundreds of peaceful protesters have been apprehended by state forces, and many have been tortured by irregular militias, and denied legal counsel and representation.
The one man who threw his full weight behind their cause, as the outpouring of condolences from local people testifies, was Jabbar Abdul Karim Bahadli, whose assassination has been interpreted on social media as another attempt to keep the lid on political freedoms. As many as 65 arrests were carried out in Nasiriyah City and Dhi Qar Province, an activist who cannot be named for security reasons told MEMO, and the shutters have been pulled down on internet freedoms after access was limited under orders from the Iraqi Prime Minister.
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At least 56 people have been wounded, seven of them critically, Bader said in a news conference. Protests rage over poor public services, unemployment https: Tear gas and water cannon fired at Iraqi protesters in Basra https: Protest outside oil field near Basra https: Death toll rises in southern Iraq protests https: Hundreds of people tried to storm a courthouse.
