on july 6, 2020, al-hashimi was driving home.d up to his house, a security camera captured a gunman firing four shots. the gunman escaped on a motorbike as al-hashimi's children ran to their father's body. prime minister mustafa al- kadhimi vowed there'd be justice-- not just for al- hashimi, but also for the young activists killed in basra. >> (speaking arabic): >> navai: despite the killings, i was hearing there were still some protests simmering around the country, even in basra. a senior government official told us we risked being kidnapped or killed without protection in the city. we're driving into the city of basra now and we've been met by a police escort, you can see them here beside us, and that's because foreign crews haven't been welcome since the mass protes and since the surge in assassinations of activists. ♪ ♪ basra is iraq's gateway to the persian gulf and neighboring iran. it is a hub for the shia militias, and has been plagued by violence. ♪ ♪ our police escort just stopped on the side of the road to give us ex