Despite government pledges of reform, security forces have used lethal force since the start and killed more than 280 people across the country. On Saturday, forces drove protesters back from some of the bridges they had tried to occupy during the week and towards Tahrir Square, the main gathering point for demonstrators. But demonstrators fear the next target will be Tahrir Square and Jumhuriya Bridge. "Political forces and parties are important institutions in any democratic system, and have made great sacrifices, but they've also made many mistakes," he said. Authorities in downtown Basra, Iraq's oil-rich second city, erected a security perimeter, preventing protesters from gathering on Saturday, after two people were killed there on Friday in clashes between protesters and security forces.

Source: bd News24 November 10, 2019 05:05 UTC