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Freelance journalist/researcher with a passion for the struggle for democracy, human rights & wildlife preservation. Reporting on wars, uprisings & conservation

Feb 5, 2020, 10 tweets

#Iraq 🇮🇶: horrible night in #Najaf. #Sadr militants attacked the main protest camp reportedly killing 8 protesters and wounding around 100.

Expect no response from the Iraqi government

#Iraq 🇮🇶: hospital in #Najaf is completely packed after the #Sadr militant attack

#Iraq 🇮🇶: chants in solidarity with #Najaf from the streets of #Basra

#Iraq 🇮🇶: the protest camp in #Najaf burning after Sadr militants attacked

#Iraq 🇮🇶: video from a hospital in #Najaf where the death ars being collected

#Iraq 🇮🇶: Tahrir Square held a vigil tonight for the protesters who were killed in #Najaf

#Iraq 🇮🇶: Iraqi students take back the streets of #Najaf in a show of resilience and unity against the #Sadr militants

#Iraq 🇮🇶: Muhannad al-Qaisi was among those killed in #Najaf earlier this week.

Today his parents were out in the city to commemorate him.

#Iraq 🇮🇶: protesters in #Najaf are sending a clear message to the militants who attacked them. The spirit of the movement remains unbroken

#Iraq 🇮🇶: people of #Najaf mourning the death while continuing the reformist movement

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