Despite freezing cold weather in Ramadi and a number of other Iraqi cities, wide spread protests against Nouri Maliki continue. Demonstrators called for the release of prisoners and the abolishment of Article 4 of the anti-terrorism law. The visit of Martin Kobler, UN Secretary General’s Special Representative, of the Shiite clergy in Najaf to assess the demonstrators’ demands, infuriated the protesters, Al Jazeera TV reported.