Dozens protest hiring results outside Baghdad governorate building

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Dozens of people protested outside the Baghdad Governorate building over the results of contract employee hiring for the governorate. They called for their files to be reviewed again and for appeals they said had been ignored to be taken into account. The demonstrators urged officials to recheck the acceptance results and review the objections that were filed. They said the hiring process should apply the principles of fairness, transparency and equal opportunity. The protest came as about 317 people who had submitted appeals were said to have lodged objections to the results. No further details were immediately available.