Yesterday, Iraqi police opened fire on protesters in Baghdad after four days of protests against the government. Confrontations that broke out after Prime Minister Adel Abdelmehdi pledged to carry out reforms without specifying details. Activists have in this context announced that the government has also made a global Internet shutdown.
Media sources said more than 44 protesters have died since demonstrations began last Tuesday. Demonstrations in the cities of southern Iraq against the decline in purchasing power and against corruption.
These events represent the first challenge facing the Iraqi prime minister who came to power last year thanks to the support of Shiite parties that have controlled Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003.
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