• Demonstrations in the province of Babylon
  

The demonstrators headed from the main street to the entrance of the northern Rumaila gate in Zubair district to the Basra Oil Company building. The demonstrators blocked the street in front of the traffic of cars belonging to the company employees, and they burned the tires of cars on the street leading to the northern Rumaila gate. The demonstrators prevented the employees from entering the oil companies for about three hours, carrying banners and flags with them, chanting

slogans and chants #where is my right, we will not leave the street until we take our right# these phrases are written in the signs as shown in the attached photos.

One of the demonstrators, Ahmed Al-Shammari, pointed out that we, the youth of Northern Rumaila, are demanding that the concerned authorities equalize our rights, which is to appoint exclusively on ongoing business areas such as oil, gas and electric power.

to obtain our rights." We demand the concerned authorities and the Governor of Basra, Asaad Al-Eidani, to work on finding job opportunities for us to earn a living, especially in light of the difficult living conditions as we have families and we need a source of income to support them. The demonstrators also threatened to escalate if the concerned authorities delayed their demands. This was clear in a statement - al-Abadi - where he indicated that in the absence of a response by the concerned authorities, they would continue to demonstrate on a larger scale until their demands were met.

Security forces were deployed to protect the demonstration. However, in the last hours of the protest, the security forces attempted to scatter the groups of protesters without resorting to force.

Furthermore, there was no clash between the security forces and the demonstrators except for the security forces directing the demonstrators to speak only in order to give space for the employees to move inside the building. However, as a result of obstructing the demonstrators' movement, calls were issued by the security services affiliated with the security forces to disperse the crowds because the employees were late for work.

• Demonstrations in Dhi Qar governorate

Despite blocking the public road, the demonstration was peaceful, and the demonstrators or the security forces observed no violence. The government has not recorded any response by government agencies to the demonstrators' demands. It should be noted that the demonstrations continued until the report's writing, as the demonstrators came out from morning to noon in front

The demonstration started by raising banners: # We are graduates of Wasit governorate. The demonstrators have been demanding for a whole year that Professor Dr. Mohammed Jamil Al-Mayahi do us justice in the thousand degrees approved in the food security law# after demanding that they rely on the lists of names of graduates and lecturers that were prepared by the demonstrators and include all their names in this list as they are entitled to appointment from others according to their claim. The march started from the door of the Directorate of Education building

towards Naseej Street, then entered the governorate Street, passing through the governorate office building and reaching the main door of the Wasit governorate police headquarters, which contains the alternative headquarters of the governor of Wasit, raising banners supporting their demands. In general, all the gatherings held by graduates and lecturers since the beginning of this month have been peaceful, and the demonstrators or the security authorities have seen no signs of violence. However, some restrictions were imposed regarding the demonstration route, as the demonstrators had no freedom of movement. The media and satellite channels covered the events and monitored the rally, as activists circulated widely on social networking sites with a phrase written in the vernacular dialect # Abbas, We only return the decade Wiyana #. Despite the peaceful demonstration, the monitoring team recorded verbal altercations regarding including demonstrators only by appointment, expressing some of their anger towards this issue. There has been no government response to the protesters ' demands.

The reasons for the demonstrations / the demands of the demonstrators

By reviewing the demonstrations and events in many Iraqi provinces, the most prominent reasons that led to the launch of the demonstrations can be reviewed as follows:

* Failure to provide electricity to citizens

* Lack of job opportunities for graduates.

Notes on the security agencies ' handling of gatherings:

Despite escalation attempts by the demonstrators, the security forces adhered to their professionalism in dealing with the situation. This is a good indication that the security forces are dealing more carefully and thoughtfully with the demonstrations and understanding the country's circumstances. This is in line with the actual function of the security forces in maintaining the safety of demonstrators, demanding their rights within legal and constitutional contexts. Furthermore, the absence of clashes between security forces and demonstrators can contribute to reducing the violence previously monitored and can also be considered an indicator of the awareness of security institutions of human rights in general.

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