U.N. Condemns Islamic State's Public Execution Of Female Human Rights Lawyer
The United Nations announced Thursday that the Islamic State has publicly executed a female human rights lawyer in the town of Mosul, Iraq, claiming she was guilty of apostasy for critical Facebook posts.
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq condemned the recent torture and public execution of Samira Salih al-Nuaimi, a female activist who recently posted messages critical of the Islamic State on her Facebook. Al-Nuaimi was taken from her home earlier this month and tried in a makeshift Shariah court created by the Islamic State.
Al-Nuaimi was found guilty of apostasy and was reportedly tortured for five days before being publicly executed in the city of Mosul.
"By torturing and executing a female human rights' lawyer and activist, defending in particular the civil and human rights of her fellow citizens in Mosul, ISIL continues to attest to its infamous nature, combining hatred, nihilism and savagery, as well as its total disregard of human decency," Nickolay Mladenov, the U.N. envoy to Iraq, said in a statement as reported by the Associated Press.
Al-Nuaimi's Facebook page had criticized the Islamic State for targeting religious cities in Iraq during its June takeover, describing their efforts as the "barbaric bombing and destroying of mosques and shrines in Mosul."
The female lawyer and human rights activist was reportedly killed by a firing squad this week, and her family has been forbidden from giving her a funeral. This latest execution is an example of the Islamic State's crackdown in Iraqi cities such as Mosul.
The terrorist organization has previously imposed strict Shariah law in the city, including ordering shop owners to cover all mannequins with body veils to keep in like with strict Islamic teaching regarding the female form.
