Iraq's protest leaders forced into hiding by pro-Iran militia death threats
October 2019 marked the beginning of the biggest grassroots social movement in Iraq’s modern history Kataib Hezbollah, Asaib Ahl Al-Haq and other pro-Iran militias crushed the protests through murder and intimidation Updated 12 May 2021 May 11, 2021 18:52 IRBIL/BOGOTA: Mustafa Makki Karim, 24, fled Baghdad for the relative safety of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region last year following a spate of death threats by pro-Iran groups for his role in the protest movement that erupted against government corruption and incompetence in October 2019. During the unrest that followed, the yo...
Source: arabnews.com