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Killing of leading female Iraqi activist in Basra

Prominent Iraqi women’s rights campaigner Riham Yacoub is the latest activist to be shot dead in the southern city of Basra.

Yacoub was a doctor and has been at the forefront of anti-government protests since 2018.
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