Friday, 12 March 2021, 6:55 am
Iraqi citizen Jaseb Hattab, father of kidnapped activist
Ali Hattab, has been killed by gunshot in Amara city in the
Maysan governorate, southern Iraq, the Euro-Mediterranean
Human Rights Monitor said in a statement today warning of
targeting activists’ families and its implications on the
social peace.
At about 7 p.m. on Wednesday 10th of
March, two gunmen on a motorcycle shot Jaseb directly while
he was walking in Al-Maa’ard street in downtown Amara city
in the Maysan governorate. Prior to his assassination, Jaseb
had been participating in a memorial service for
assassinated activist Abdul Quddus Qasim, which yesterday