Iraqis on Wednesday marked the second anniversary of the assassination of Iraqi researcher Hisham al-Hashimi and criticised the judiciary for failing to bring the perpetrators to justice. Al-Hashimi, a security expert on both Sunni and Shia jihadist groups including the Islamic State and Iran-backed groups in Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen, had been an active speaker for the local and the international media. He wasshot dead by gunmen outside his home in eastern Baghdad on 6 July 2020. Iraq’s then-Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi vowed to bring Hashimi’s killers to justice, but after two years of th…