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The Iraqi authorities have again totally cut the internet in Baghdad and in the South won by the protest on the night of Monday to Tuesday after a day of clashes in the capital, including the outskirts of official buildings.
According to NetBlocks, an NGO specializing in cybersecurity, " this new cut is the worst restriction on telecommunications imposed by the Iraqi government since the beginning of the demonstrations " on 1 October. While the protest movement, which calls for "the fall of the regime," seemed to take since October 24 resumption of air of peaceful civil disobedience, the day of Monday was marked by violence.
It started in blood in the holy Shia city of Kerbala, 100 kilometers south of Baghdad. Four demonstrators were killed in the night from Sunday to Monday as protesters tried to burn the consulate of Iran, a country that pulls the strings of the "regime" according to the protesters.
About 270 deaths since 1 October
It continued with clashes in the center of Baghdad between protesters and police firing live ammunition for the first time since 24 October. Clashes continued late into the night from Monday to Tuesday.
Since it began on October 1, the mobilization has been marked by the death of about 270 people, mainly demonstrators, according to a report compiled by AFP, the authorities have stopped communicating about the victims. From the 1st to the 6th of October, 157 people died officially, almost all of them killed by snipers that the state assures still can not identify.
As early as October 3, Baghdad cut off the internet connection and only restored it two weeks later. The blockade on social networks, imposed from October 2, is still in place, but blithely avoided by VPN applications .
(with AFP)