On the Anniversary of Iraq's Tishreen Uprising

On October 1st, Iraqis took to the streets in Baghdad to mark the second anniversary of the massive protest movement which began in October 2019. They were met with violence by state security forces and militias backed by the Iraqi regime. Almost 600 demonstrators were killed and more than 30,000 were injured. Shahram Aghamir spoke to Nabil Salih, an Iraqi journalist, photographer, and writer about the October 1st protest which happened just 9 days before Iraq's parliamentary elections. Courtesy of Voices of the Middle East & North Africa (VOMENA).