Cultured people form human shield to protect protestors in Sulaimaniya

SULAIMANIYA / IraqiNews.com: Scores of cultured people, media men and civil society organizations formed on Monday a human shield between security forces and protestors to avoid acts of violence. “Dozens of young men, lawyers, media men, civil society organizations’ members formed a human shield between security forces and thousands of demonstrators in the city of Sulaimaniya to prevent any acts of violence,” al-Bashri Shawan Rauoof, an activist, told IraqiNews.com news agency. “More than 4,000 protestors, including women, gathered at the center of the city, in a cloudy and rainy weather, calling for releasing detainees,” he added. A medical source had said that three people were killed and 121 were wounded in the protests in Sulaimaniya. Hundreds of protestors went to street last Thursday calling for better services and living conditions and fighting corruption. SH (TP) 945