Shkoi Kurdistan-
At least eleven protesters have been reported killed since demonstrations began last Wednesday.
Protests began in Sulaimani city, started by civil servants – who convened at Saraa square, the epicenter of the city’s antigovernment protests in 2011 – who have gone unpaid for much of this year amid budget disputes between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Erbil and the federal government in Baghdad.
Police forces have suppressed crowds using tear gas, water cannons, and live ammunition. Demonstrations have ended in Sulaimani city but spread to other towns and villages in the province, as well as in Halabja province and the Garmiyan administration.
Protesters set on fire political parties headquarters in most of the towns in Sulaimani province as well as the mayor’s house, Ramazan Namiq, a member of Sulaimani’s provincial council as they think they have a big hand in stealing the income of the country.
