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Victims of Iraq’s Tishreen Protests Prepare to Sue Badr Organization Leader

From Asharq Al-Awsat · () English

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  • Families of people killed or wounded during Iraq’s 2019 Tishreen protests are pursuing legal action over comments by Badr Organization leader Hadi al-Amiri.
  • Al-Amiri said armed factions had confronted what he called the “Tishreen sedition” and defended their role in protecting Iraq’s political system.
  • Victims linked his remarks to the unidentified “third party” accused of killing protesters, although al-Amiri has not responded to those interpretations.

Hadi al-Amiri’s description of Iraq’s 2019 Tishreen protests as a “sedition” has prompted families of dead and wounded demonstrators to consider legal action against the Badr Organization leader.

Speaking at a public gathering several days ago, al-Amiri said, “It was the resistance that courageously stood against the Tishreen sedition and preserved the state and the political system.” He defended the armed factions’ role in protecting the political order, citing their fight against Islamic State and their opposition to efforts to undermine the system.

It was the resistance that courageously stood against the Tishreen sedition and preserved the state and the political system.

· Hadi al-AmiriAl-Amiri defended the role of armed factions in suppressing the 2019 Tishreen protests.

The remarks angered victims of the protest movement, whose central slogan was “We want a homeland.” The uprising, which began in October 2019, left thousands of victims at the hands of the unidentified actor known as the “third party.” Armed factions had not previously acknowledged a position on accusations that they were that party. Victims’ families now believe al-Amiri’s words may have effectively identified it.

We want a homeland.

· Tishreen protestersThe central slogan of the 2019 protest movement.

Al-Amiri is a leading figure in the Shiite Coordination Framework and sits on a three-member committee with former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani. The committee is seeking to mediate between the government and armed factions that refuse to surrender their weapons.

A Shiite politician close to the Coordination Framework told Asharq Al-Awsat that al-Amiri intended to defend the factions at a pivotal moment. The politician said the Tishreen movement had received regional and international support and had been the most serious challenge to Iraq’s political class. Al-Amiri has not personally addressed the interpretations of his remarks.

The Tishreen movement was supported by regional and international parties and was indeed the most serious movement against the political class at the

· Shiite politician close to the Coordination FrameworkThe politician described the movement while defending al-Amiri’s remarks; the quoted statement is truncated in the supplied text.
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