1977 Shia uprising in Iraq

1977 Shia uprising in Iraq
DateFebruary 4-9 1977
Location
Najaf & Karbala, Iraq
Result Uprisings failed
Belligerents
Ba'athist Iraq Ba'athist Iraq Iraqi rebels
Commanders and leaders
Ba'athist Iraq Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr No centralised leadership

The 1977 Shia protests in Iraq, or the Safar uprising, were a series of demonstrations and riots against the Iraqi government in Karbala and Najaf Governorates, the demonstrations started on 4 February 1977 and finished on 9 February in the same year.[1][2] Demonstrators had taken to the streets to demonstrate against the Iraqi government because they had blocked Arbaʽeen Pilgrimage.[1][3] The Iraqi security forces killed and arrested many protesters and presented them to trial in a revolution court, the revolution court declared execution for eight demonstrators and life imprisonment for 16 demonstrators.[4]

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