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Iraq: Security Forces Open Fire on Kirkuk Protesters

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par Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Iraqi security forces near the Kirkuk castle in Kirkuk, Iraq, September 7, 2023. © 2023 Ali Makram Ghareeb/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (Beirut) – Iraqi security forces appear to have opened fire on demonstrators without prior warning in Kirkuk on September 2, 2023, killing at least 4 people and injuring 16, Human Rights Watch said today. The violence comes amid months of increasing tensions between Kirkuk’s Kurdish, Arab, and Turkmen populations. An inquiry into the incident opened by Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani should be independent and impartial in…

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