Baghdad – Iraq’s judiciary ordered courts on Sunday to release anti-government protesters, carrying out one of the first decisions of the recently inaugurated prime minister just as dozens of demonstrators burned tires in renewed protests against the new leadership.

Iraqi protesters run for cover as they clash with security forces on Al-Jumhuriyah bridge in the capital Baghdad, during an anti-government demonstration on May 10,2020. (AFP)

General Abdul Wahab Al-Saadi in West Mosul’s Tenek neighbourhood on April 25, 2017. (AFP)
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