Civilian Organization charges government with arresting 7 of its activists in Baghdad demonstration

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: An Iraqi civilian organization, calling itself “Popular Coordination Movement Commission,” has charged government security forces with detaining 7 of its activists, who shared in a demonstration in central Baghdad on Friday.   “The government of Iraq ’s Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, has detained a number of our organization’s young activists due to their participation in the “Sovereignty Friday Demonstration,” as an evidence for the continuation of the government’s dictatorial course to terrorise demonstrators,” an organization’s statement reported.   Member of the organization’s Commission member, Laith Mohammed Riza, told IraqiNews.com news agency on Friday that a security force had detained 4 of its young men, who shared in the Friday demonstration, demanding an end for foreign interferences in Iraq ’s affairs.   The statement shouldered Maliki’s government with “responsibility for the safety of the detained young men,” confirming its right to “raise a case before local and foreign judiciary to demand human judiciary and human rights organizations to interfere to release the detained young men.” 861