• Protesters in Nasiriya set fire to two political party offices, receiving live ammunition responses by security forces.
  • In Diwaniyah, protesters march towards local government offices with no reports of violence.
  • A previously scheduled emergency session of parliament doesn’t take place, as a number of key politicians fail to show up. Three major blocs decide to boycott the session since they believe that the government doesn’t possess an agenda it can implement, rendering the session useless.
  • The death toll reaches ninety-nine, with nearly 4,000 wounded according to Iraq’s semi-official High Commission for Human Rights.