{"id":1700,"date":"2020-06-05T13:38:37","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T09:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ikhrw.com\/en\/?p=1700"},"modified":"2020-06-05T13:38:42","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T09:08:42","slug":"krg-protests-against-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ikhrw.com\/en\/report\/krg-protests-against-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"KRG protests against lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As the COVID-19 cases face an increase in North-Iraq&#8217;s KRG, new lockdowns are imposed on its citizens. With the delays in payments of government officials and a profit gap for those that have businesses in different sectors, the economical pressure on the population increases day by day.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"267\" height=\"149\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ikhrw.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-6_5_2020-2_00_03-AM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1702\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br> Yesterday night, people in both Ranya and Darbandikhan protested the lockdown. Several hundreds of people took to the streets.     <br> Today, in the shopping centre of Sulaimaniah, few hundreds of shopkeepers protested against the lockdown, and demanded the KRG to open their store so they can make ends meet.  <br> A crew of Speda TV channel got arrested for covering the protests.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the COVID-19 cases face an increase in North-Iraq&#8217;s KRG, new lockdowns are imposed on its citizens. With the delays in payments of government officials and a profit gap for those that have businesses in different sectors, the economical pressure on the population increases day by day. 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