The United Nations says militants with the Islamic State group have publicly killed a rights lawyer in the Iraqi city of Mosul after finding her guilty of apostasy in a self-styled Islamic court.
The UN Assistance Mission in Iraq says Samira Saleh al-Naimi was seized from her home on Sept. 17 after allegedly posting messages on Facebook that were critical of the militants' destruction of places of worship in Mosul.
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The Gulf Center for Human Rights said Wednesday that al-Naimi had worked on detainee rights and poverty.
#Iraq:Lawyer and #HRD Samira Saleh Al-Naimi executed by ISIS in Mosul http://t.co/by0CIadolh@NiWalch pic.twitter.com/x6Y3KHIizJ— Mohammed Sultan (@Mohdsultan81) September 24, 2014
The extremist Islamic State group seized Iraq's second largest city Mosul in June during its rapid advance across the country's north and west. It has imposed a harsh version of Islamic law in areas under its control in Iraq and Syria.