A call to remember Du’a Khalil Aswad and denounce “Honour killings” globally!
Organisation of Women’s Freedom in Iraq (OWFI)
A year ago images were posted on the internet of 17 year old Du’a Khalil Aswad, savagely stoned to death by a crowd of hundreds of people which included several of her own relatives. It sparked outrage across the world.
Dua’s “crime” was to fall in love with someone from outside “her own” religious and ethnic group.
Despite public outrage and protests, since then hundreds of women have been killed, or driven to commit suicide in Kurdistan and Iraq, in so-called “honour killings”.
The Organisation of Women’s Freedom in Iraq and the International Campaign Against Killing and Stoning of Women in Kurdistan have made a huge effort to expose this atrocity and the many others like it internationally.
This year, on 7 April, we will commemorate Dua’s and all victims of “Honour killing” in a week of action in different countries across the world.
We will organize activities to expose “cultures”, “traditions”, and religious norms and laws which cause all these brutalities against women in the region.
We call on you to join our efforts and endorse this call.
For more information and to endorse this call please contact:
Houzan Mahmoud: houzan2007@yahoo.com Tel: +44 7534264481
Rega Rauf: rega_svensson@yahoo.com
