Protests in Baghdad over Missing Prisoners

World | October 23, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

In Baghdad, dozens of relatives of prisoners not released after Saddam Hussein's amnesty on Sunday have held an unauthorised demonstration. The protesters were demanding information about what had happened to their family members. The Iraqi authorities said they had released almost all prisoners and Iraqi television reported on Monday that Iraq's jails were empty. In Iraq the only public demonstrations allowed are ones that are officially sanctioned. This one was extraordinary because it was not.

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