| Three others were said to have been injured when the gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on their car while travelling, with the victim Reham Yacoub inside | She was reportedly receiving death threats since 2018 for organising women's marches and ever since participating in the training courses supervised by the United States consulate in Basra |
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| " The targeted killing came on the heels of a massive online hate campaign against Dr | One participant in her initiatives described her as "the official sponsor of happiness |
1m Followers, 439 Following, 114 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Reham Saeed rehamsaidofficial• Riham Yaqoub photo on the left above , who was assassinated on the evening of 19 August 2020, by unidentified gunmen who fired fifteen rounds of bullets at her.
11| On 27 December 2017, she on her Instagram account, "God created us as a separate being, so it is shameful to be a follower | She established her own gymnasium in the name of Dr |
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| She also raised her voice and concern regarding youth employment, infrastructure and access to electricity | She was the second prominent activist from Basra to be assassinated after Tahseen Osama Al-Shahmani and was the third targeted attack by gunmen against anti-governmental activists in a week in Iraq |
Her murder showcased a serious major crackdown and growing violence against anti-government activists and protesters in Iraq.