Fatima Al-Bahadly’s son Ali Karim was murdered in Basra. The Iraqi human rights activist had remained defiant even after her other son, Ahmad, was killed the year before. She ignored death threats and orders to leave the city, and continued her work opposing child recruitment by the militias. Al-Bahadly was accused of links to the US by Iran-backed media outlets and of being behind the protests in Basra and other ...
