Iraqis protest against unpunished killings of activists Issued on: 18/07/2021 - 20:24 Protests also took place in the southern city of Nasiriyah, days after a fire at a medical centre there killed 60 people Asaad NIAZI AFP 2 min Baghdad (AFP) Hundreds of Iraqis protested on Sunday in central Baghdad to demand that authorities hold accountable the killers of dozens of activists associated with a long-running protest movement. Assassinations, attempted murders and abductions have targeted more than 70 activists since a pro-democracy protest movement erupted against government corruption and incompetence in 2019. "We're here to say that we want to end impunity in Iraq," Hussein Al-Faili, an 18-year old student, told AFP from Firdous Square, a key protest site.