▲ Iraqi YouTuber Tiba Al-Ali (22) who was murdered by his father / Twitter
An Iraqi female YouTuber was murdered by her father because she was living alone away from her family. News Agency France (AFP) and others reported on the 3rd (local time). This practice, known as “honor killing,” is still practiced in some Muslim countries, where family members such as fathers and older brothers kill women for damaging the honor of her family.
According to foreign media, Iraqi female YouTuber Tiva Al-Ali (22), who has more than 20,000 subscribers, was murdered by her father in Diwaniyah in southern Iraq on the 31st of last month. Ali traveled to Turkey with her family in 2017, but she refused to return home and started living alone. became famous. Ali was about to marry her Syrian fiancé, who appears in her video.
The incident occurred when Ali returned to Japan to support Iraq’s national team in the Gulf Cup last month. Her family kidnapped Ali and brought her back to her home in Diwaniya when she learned of her return, and her father was displeased with her daughter living alone in another country. killed Ali by strangling him while he was sleeping. Her father confessed to the crime and told police that he “killed her daughter to remove her shame.”
The news has sparked criticism of honor killings around the world. Iraqi politician Alla Talabani said on Twitter that “legal sanctions and inadequate government action have left Iraqi society’s women hostages to backward practices.” Human rights group Amnesty International said: “Iraq’s penal code is lenient on honor crimes. Unless the Iraqi authorities enact strong laws to protect women and girls, we will continue to see abhorrent killings.” ” he criticized.
Reporter Kim Na-young
