Iraq clamps down on protests
Issue 1063
- 20 Jul 2018
| 1 minute read
Prime Minister Haidar Abadi’s government has clamped down on a wave of protests that began in Basra on 5 July and spread to eight other provinces. The first demonstrations focused on a lack of jobs, but complaints about corruption, lack of electricity and other poor public services also featured.
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