Killing of human rights defender in Mosul sparks outrage

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights today expressed its "utmost sorrow and grief" at the killing by IS militants in Mosul of Samira Saleh al-Naimi, a prominent lawyer and human rights defender.

According to the centre's report, she was executed in a public square in the town, which has been under IS control for weeks.

Last week she was taken from her home by militants, after she publicly described IS's activities in Mosul as "barbaric."