This petition was submitted during the 2017–2019 Conservative government
Rejected petition Stop indiscriminate violence against Iraqi protesters.
At least 40 poeple killed and hundreds injured
While Security forces used live rounds on protesters in central Baghdad.
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Riot police used live rounds as well as stun grenades and rubber bullets to stop demonstrators from crossing a bridge over the Tigris River to the Green Zone from Tahrir Square, where they had been protesting against unemployment, government corruption, and lack of electricity and water. Many ministers, senior officials and government are located in the Green Zone.
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