Suad Al-Ali, a mother of 4, was a leader during the 2018 protests during the Tishreen Movement and was head of an organization called al-Weed al-Alaiami For Human Rights. Al-Ali  was shot dead in the city of Basra on September 25, 2018. A video posted online appears to show an unidentified man opening fire at her as she gets into a car near a supermarket. Another man, believed to be her husband, was wounded in the attack.