Il y a, et c’est fort étonnant, des répressions qui n’intéressent absolument pas les médias français.
After Iraq’s Day of Rage, a Crackdown on Intellectuals
►http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/26/AR2011022603345.html?wpisrc=nl_cuzhead
Iraqi security forces detained about 300 people, including prominent journalists, artists and lawyers who took part in nationwide demonstrations Friday, in what some of them described as an operation to intimidate Baghdad intellectuals who hold sway over popular opinion.
On Saturday, four journalists who had been released described being rounded up well after they had left a protest of thousands at Baghdad’s Tahrir Square. They said they were handcuffed, blindfolded, beaten and threatened with execution by soldiers from an army intelligence unit.
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The Iraq protests were different from many of the revolts sweeping the Middle East and North Africa in that demonstrators were calling for reform, not for getting rid of the government. Their demands ranged from more electricity and jobs to ending corruption, reflecting a dissatisfaction with government that cuts across sectarian and class lines.
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