Iraqis protest against gender violence after YouTube star killed

Demonstrators hold placards and a poster with a picture of Tiba Ali, a YouTube star who was recently killed by her father, in Diwaniya, Iraq (Hadi Mizban/AP)

Dozens of Iraqi protesters have gathered to condemn the so-called “honour killing” of a 22-year-old YouTube star who was allegedly strangled by her father, adding fuel to calls for legal reforms protecting women.

Interior Ministry spokesman Saad Maan on Friday announced that Tiba Ali was killed on January 31 in the central city of Diwaniyah by her father, who then turned himself into the police.