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Iraq
Two persons were sentenced to death for killing a demonstrator
2021-11-03
[EN.ALGHADEERTV.NET] Two persons charged with killing a person participating in the October demonstrations in Basra, southern Iraq have pled guilty, and the court sentences them to the capital penalty.

According to a statement by the Supreme Judicial Council, the convicts confessed to shooting the victim while participating in a demonstration near the Shatt al-Arab schools.
Rudaw adds:
Dijlah news hound Ahmad Abd al-Samad and his cameraman Safaa Ghali were rubbed out whilst covering the demonstrations in the southern port city of Basra last year. Basra's criminal court sentenced their alleged killer to death on Monday.

Prominent activist Ihab al-Wazni was killed in Karbala in May of this year. The murder sparked outrage among activists and on social media. Activist and journalist Ali al-Mikdam was kidnapped and tortured in July, and was later freed.

At least 487 protestors were killed and over 7,000 were maimed during the protests, the United Nations
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 Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) said last year.
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