This is an entry from: Live Blog: War against Islamic State
Human rights lawyer killed by IS in Mosul
24 September 2014 12:58 BST
The Islamic State has executed lawyer and human rights defender Samira Saleh al-Naimi in Mosul, Iraq, said the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR).
According to the NGO, reports confirmed that on the evening of 22 September, a group of masked armed men who belong to IS opened fire and killed her in a public square in Mosul.
She was kidnapped by IS from her home the week after she described as “barbaric” the widespread damage that IS inflicted on her city.
Samira Saleh Al-Naimi is a prominent lawyer and human rights defender known for her work to defend detainees and support disadvantaged families in Mosul.