BAGHDAD, Dec 21 (NNN-NINA) – The casualty toll in protests since early Oct in Iraq, raised to 485 dead and some 27,000 wounded, an official, Ali al-Baiyati, a member of the Iraqi Independent High Commission for Human Rights, said.
Al-Baiyati said, the total number of detainees from the demonstrators reached 2,807 – 107 of whom are still in detention.
In addition, up to 48 demonstrators and civil society activists were kidnapped by unidentified gunmen.
Assassinations and kidnappings increased recently, especially among civil society activists, who are participating in anti-government demonstrations, that started more than two months ago.
Earlier, the Iraqi Independent High Commission for Human Rights, warned of the growing assassinations of civil activists, in the capital Baghdad and other cities.
The commission highlighted the need for efforts, to stop the assassinations targeting unarmed citizens, arrest criminals and bring them to justice.– NNN-NINA
