SCORES of parliamentarians and journalists have been detained by security forces in Iraqi Kurdistan as protests took place in a number of the region’s major cities. 

The demonstrations, called by the New Generation Movement (NGM), had demanded the payment of salaries to public-sector workers, the holding of regional elections and a cut in the price of oil and gas. 

The opposition party’s offices in Slemani were surrounded by about 30 military vehicles ahead of the protest.