Suha Amed Radi, Iraq

Islamic State group militants executed newspaper reporter Suha Ahmed Radi on July 6, 2015 in Mosul, the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate (IJS) told Kurdish media outlet Rudaw. Reports indicated that she was detaining during a raid on her home east of the city and was held in captivity prior to her execution. According to the IJS, Radi had been sentenced to death by a sharia court for allegedly spying.

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