IHCHR Documents Events in Karbala

The IHCHR through its monitoring teams has monitored the events that took place in Karbala on Sunday evening, November 3, 2019, that exaggerated to a clash between security forces and protestors when they tried to enter the Iranian Consulate, which led with great regret to the death of (3) demonstrators and the injury of (12) protestors and security forces due to the use of the live bullets.

While the Commission condemns the continued fall of Martyrs and the wounded, it calls on the security forces to abide strictly by applying the criteria of safe engagement, not to use live bullets and to refer the persons who directly shot towards the demonstrators for investigation. Also the IHCHR calls on all demonstrators to stay in places designated for the demonstrations, to sustain the peaceful course of their demonstrations and not to endanger diplomatic buildings, as this is a violation of the agreements binding on Iraq, as well as it calls for all parties to stay away from any contact that may generates casualties between both sides.