‘Will they kill us too?’ Murder of leading feminist has chilling effect on Iraq’s activists

Yanar Mohammed’s assassination comes amid a number of killings as fellow campaigners warn women’s rights are going backwards In early March, two unidentified gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on Iraq’s most notable women’s rights activist, Yanar Mohammed, as she stood outside her home in the north of the capital, Baghdad. She had long been the target of death threats from Islamic State and other armed groups. Her death was the latest of several killings of well-known female figures in Iraq...

By Maria Talal