(MENAFN- Iraq Business News) By Amnesty International. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News .
The Iraqi authorities must step up to their responsibilities and take immediate and effective action to put an end to a growing lethal campaign of harassment, intimidation, abductions and deliberate killings of activists and protesters in Baghdad and other cities, said Amnesty International on Friday.
The organization has gathered testimonies of nine activists, protesters and relatives of missing activists from Baghdad, Karbala and Diwaniya who have said that what is happening is a 'campaign of terror' and that 'nowhere is safe' after a number of protesters and activists were killed, or abducted and forcibly disappeared in the past two weeks mostly on their way home from protests.
Other protesters managed to escape after attempts were made to shoot them.
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(Source: Amnesty International)
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