(30 Jul 2022)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Baghdad - 30 July 2022
1.Various of protesters inside parliament floor, carrying pictures of influential cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, chanting slogans, waving flags
HEADLINE: Protesters breach parliament building in Baghdad
ANNOTATION: Supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al Sadr breached Iraq's parliament on Saturday, for the second time in a week.
ANNOTATION: Demonstrators were protesting the government formation efforts led by Iran-backed groups.
ANNOTATION: Heeding the calls of cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, demonstrators occupied the parliament floor and raised the Iraqi flag and portraits of al-Sadr.
2. Protesters walking inside parliament building
ANNOTATION: An expected parliament session did not take place and there were no lawmakers in the hall.
3. Protesters outside parliament building
STORYLINE:
Supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al Sadr breached Iraq's parliament on Saturday, for the second time in a week, to protest the government formation efforts led by Iran-backed groups.
An expected parliament session did not take place and there were no lawmakers in the hall.
Heeding the calls of cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, demonstrators occupied the parliament floor and raised the Iraqi flag and portraits of al-Sadr.
It was the second time in the span of three days that the cleric has ordered his followers to stage a sit-in in the Green Zone, the district housing official buildings and foreign embassies.
The protests are a pressure tactic to derail government formation efforts lead by his political rivals in the Coalition Framework, an alliance of Shiite parties backed by Iran.
Iraq's caretaker Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi directed security forces to protect demonstrators and asked them to keep their protest peaceful, according to a statement.
Inside the parliament building, the defenses of the security forces grew less intense and many were seen sitting and conversing with demonstrators.
Al-Sadr's party exited government formation talks in June, giving his rivals in the Coordination Framework alliance the majority they needed to move forward with the process.
Many protesters wore black to mark the days leading to Ashura, which commemorates the death of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Mohamed and one of Shiite Islam's most important figures.
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