Anti-corruption protest begins again in Baghdad

BAGHDAD – Protesters returned to Baghdad’s Tahrir Square on Tuesday night requesting government agents believed to be linked with corruption cases be put on trial.
 
Rudaw’s reporter in Baghdad, Mustafa Goran, said “a large number of people gathered in Tahrir Square shouting slogans against the government and corruption.”
 
He added that the numbers of protesters are increasing while asking government officials to listen to their demands.
 
“They want the government to put people responsible for the corruption on trial and deal with them according to the law,” Rudaw’s reporter said. 
 
Earlier on Tuesday, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced the removal of several senior officials.
 
Abadi removed the general director of Iraqi intelligence, director of the trade bank of Iraq, and head of the Iraqi media network, according to Adil Nuri, spokesperson of the integrity commission in Iraqi parliament.