On 31 January 2023, Tiba al-Ali was killed in Iraq in an apparent honour killing by her father.[1][2]

Tiba al-Ali was born in Iraq in 2000 and moved to Turkey in 2017.[1][2] She and her fiancé frequently made videos on YouTube about life in Istanbul.[3] She visited her family in the central Iraqi city of Al Diwaniyah, Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate, in 2023, where on 31 January she was strangled at night while sleeping.[3] Her father, who objected to her living in Turkey, confessed to police that he was responsible for the murder.[1][2] There are no laws in Iraq that prohibit domestic violence.[1] Many media outlets have described it as a so-called honour killing.[4][5]

In February, protests against the killing took place in Iraq. Activists gathered to demand a law against domestic violence and to bring attention to the issue of rising violence against women in the country.[3][6]

In April 2023, Tiba's father, Tayyip Ali, was given a six-month jail sentence. General Saad Mann of the Iraqi Interior Ministry explained to the BBC that ""An accident happened to Tiba al-Ali. In the perspective of law, it is a criminal accident, and in other perspectives, it is an accident of honour killings."[7]

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  1. ^ a b c d "'Honour killing' of YouTube star causes outrage in Iraq | Women News". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Father's 'honour killing' of YouTube star daughter sparks outrage in Iraq - ABC News". ABC News. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Abdul-Hassan, Ali; Salim, Salar (5 February 2023). "Iraqis protest gender violence after YouTube star killed". The Washington Post. Associated Press. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  4. ^ "'Honour' killing of YouTube star sparks outrage in Iraq". The Guardian. Agence France-Presse. 3 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023. The death of a young YouTube star at the hands of her father has sparked outrage in Iraq, as so-called 'honour' killings continue in the conservative country.
  5. ^ Abdul-Hassan, Ali; Salim, Salar (5 February 2023). "Iraqis protest gender violence after YouTube star killed". The Washington Post. Associated Press. Retrieved 6 February 2023. Dozens of Iraqi protesters gathered Sunday to decry the so-called 'honor killing' of a 22-year-old YouTube star who was allegedly strangled by her father ...
  6. ^ "Iraqis protest after father kills YouTuber daughter". The Express Tribune. Agence France-Presse. 5 February 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  7. ^ O'Reilly, Gem (5 September 2023). "The Iraqi YouTube star killed by her father". BBC News.
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