Iraqi Views on Protesters One Year After the Uprising

Author(s): Georgia Cooke, Renad Mansour

Chatham House: Expert Comment, London, 2020

One year after the outbreak of mass protests in October 2019, the authors note that thousands turned out to mark the anniversary, but that this time the protests were brief. The Covid-19 lockdown, 'protest fatigue' and suspicion of infiltration of the movement have combined to reduce active support. The main focus of this analysis is a survey commissioned by Chatham House of over 1,200 Iraqis to gauge public opinion about the October 2019 protests. It finds that 83 per cent of those surveyed believed most or all the demonstrations were justified, and only 10 per cent strongly disapproved, and suggests that most Iraqis support the main complaints of the activists.

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https://www.chathamhouse.org/2020/10/iraqi-views-protesters-one-year-after-uprising

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