...Sameera Salih Ali al-Nuaimy, was seized from her home by Islamic State fighters last week and tortured for several days before a masked firing squad executed her... GENEVA — An Iraqi lawyer known for her work promoting women’s rights has been executed by Islamic State fighters, the head of the United Nations human rights office said on Thursday, continuing a pattern of attacks on professional women. The lawyer, Sameera Salih Ali al-Nuaimy, was seized from her home by Islamic State fighters last week and tortured for several days before a masked firing squad executed her in public on Monday, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, the United Nations human rights commissioner, said in a statement. Ms. Nuaimy had posted comments on her Facebook page condemning the “barbaric bombing and destroying of mosques and shrines in Mosul, a northern Iraqi city, by the Islamic State, the militant group also known as ISIS or ISIL. She was convicted of apostasy by a so-called court,” Mr. Zeid said, adding that her family had been barred from giving her a funeral. The killing follows the execution of a number of Iraqi women in areas under Islamic State control documented by United Nations monitors, including two candidates contesting Iraq’s general election in Nineveh Province, who were killed in July. A third female candidate was abducted by gunmen in eastern Mosul and has not been heard from since. nytimes/2014/09/26/world/middleeast/womens-rights-activist-executed-by-islamic-state-in-iraq.html
Posted on: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 19:24:28 +0000
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