Ghufran Mahdi Sawadi, a social media influencer known for her TikTok and Instagram dancing videos, was shot and killed in front of her house in Iraq. This incident marks the third death of a social media personality in Iraq within a year. The killings are occurring amidst tightening laws and increasing conservative attitudes in the country, with influencers facing threats for content deemed offensive or too sexual.
Last week, Iraqi TikTok star Ghufran Mahdi Sawadi, known as Um Fahad, was assassinated in Baghdad — marking the third recent killing of a social media influencer in Iraq amid growing suppression of free speech. The Iraqi government MUST find and hold her killers accountable. https://t.co/acd0bGQnKm
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Iraqi social-media influencers who are seen as producing content which is too sexual or pro-LGBT are being assassinated, with apparent impunity, amidst a rise in social conservatism and intolerance https://t.co/LljVP1NfGp
The shooting of Ghufran Mahdi Sawadi, a TikTok star, in Iraq comes amid tightening laws and increasingly conservative attitudes in the country. https://t.co/5mO5ctiE9s
The shooting of TikTok star Ghufran Mahdi Sawadi was the third within a year in Iraq involving a young social media personality. The killings come amid tightening laws and increasingly conservative attitudes in the country. https://t.co/GHjL7P1HNe
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🇮🇶 IRAQI POLICE INVESTIGATE 'RANDOM' MURDER OF SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCER Ghufran Mahdi Sawadi was shot in front of her house. She rose to local fame on TikTok and Instagram by posting dancing videos. According to an eyewitness, the passenger in the car escaped before police… https://t.co/ngfTQumkRb
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