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Samira Saleh Ali al-Naimi
Iraqi human rights activist and lawyer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Samira Salih al-Nuaimi (also Samira Saleh Ali al-Naimi, Sameera Salih Ali al-Nuaimy, or سميرة صالح النعيمي in Arabic) (1963 – 22 September 2014)[1] was an Iraqi lawyer and human rights activist.
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She had criticized Islamic State on Twitter because they destroyed mosques, churches, and shrines.[2] She was then kidnapped by men in masks. She was tortured for five days and then was killed by Islamic State (ISIS or Daish).[3]
The United Nations spoke out strongly against the killing.[4]