BAGHDAD, Dec 16 (NNN-NINA) – An Iraqi civil society activist was shot dead and another was wounded, by unknown gunmen, in central Iraq on Sunday, an Interior Ministry official said.
Gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on civil society activist, Haqi Ismael, while he was driving, in Baghdad’s northeastern neighbourhood of al-Shaab.
Separately, another civil society activist, Thaer Karim al-Tayb was wounded, when a sticky bomb attached to his car detonated in the city of Diwaniyah, some 180 km south of Baghdad, the official said.
In Iraq, assassinations and kidnappings have increased recently, especially among civil society activists, who are participating in anti-government demonstrations, that started more than two months ago.
Meanwhile, a statement by the Iraqi Independent High Commission for Human Rights, warned of the escalation of assassinations of civil activists in the capital, Baghdad, and other cities.
Mass demonstrations continued in the capital, Baghdad, and other cities in central and southern Iraq, since early Oct, demanding comprehensive reform, fight against corruption, better public services and more job opportunities.– NNN-NINA