Protesters in Iraq continued protests calling for the "overthrow of the regime," yesterday, and called the Supreme Judicial Council in Iraq security forces not to use violence in dealing with demonstrators, while the High Commission for Human Rights in Iraq announced a new toll, yesterday, including 319 people were killed and more than 15 thousand more.
Security forces placed concrete walls to isolate Tahrir Square in the center of Baghdad, coinciding with the ongoing protests.In Basra, security forces imposed a cordon to prevent demonstrators from approaching the provincial council building.In Nasiriyah, security forces fired tear gas at demonstrators trying to close a government department.
Amnesty International called on the Iraqi authorities to "immediately order an end to the continued and unlawful use of lethal force" against the demonstrators. "This bloodbath must stop and those responsible must be prosecuted," Amnesty International said.
The United Nations representative in Iraq, Janine Hines Blaskert, announced yesterday that it receives information every day about demonstrators killed, abducted or subjected to arbitrary arrest or beatings and intimidation, and deplored what she called the "climate of fear" imposed by the Iraqi authorities.
For its part, the Supreme Judicial Council in Iraq, in a statement, the security forces to the need to do their duty to maintain security and order and the safety of demonstrators, and not to use violence in dealing with them.