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    Rand Abdel-Qader: In the name of love

    There are few feelings that can compare with the passionate intensity of young love. Rand Abdel-Qader, at 17 years old, experienced a love as profound as her strong young heart could manage, a love strong enough to pass the boundaries of religion, race and culture. Rand’s generosity of spirit and her kindness led her into volunteer work, helping the needy of Basra, in Southern Iraq, where she met and worked alongside Paul, a 22 year old British soldier. Despite the differences between them, their relationship blossomed into a deep attachment. Rand was infatuated with Paul, who with his honey coloured eyes, education and sensitivity, was very different from all the other men she had known in her life. Rand dared to dream of a life beyond the life allotted to Iraqi women; she dared to dream of a love powerful enough to transcend the arbitrary boundaries of race and religion; she dared to believe she had rights and choices.

    Rand’s dream ended in a nightmare: slaughtered by her father and his brothers, who spat on her corpse and denied her the dignity of a proper burial. For them, Rand was nothing but a possession of men, to be disposed of according to their will. For them, the Rand’s capacity for love threatened family ‘honour’, where men are judged by their ability to oppress and control women, and where woman’s autonomy, particularly sexual autonomy, is considered a threat to the patriarchal order.

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    May 14th: Conference and launch of honour crime helpline

    Honour killings & honour oppression

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    Honour oppression

    The Iranian and Kurdish Women's Rights Organisation will be holding its fourth annual conference on  ‘honour’ related crime, violence and oppression on the 14th May 2008 and celebrating the launch of the 'honour crimes' helpline in partnership with Karma Nirvana.

    The conference will take place at the

    Amnesty International Human Rights Centre,
    17-25 New Inn Yard
    London EC2A 3EA.

    Help us publicise this event! Download a poster here .

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    Urgent action to save a woman from death
    Akram Mahdavi
    Akram Mahdavi
    Akram Mahdavi
    is another victim of unjust and unequal laws in a country where, for the most part, the legal system considers females only half human, and where women's rights, as well as their cries for help are routinely and systematically ignored, trampled upon, and even ridiculed.

    The now 32 year old mother of a girl in her early teens is facing imminent execution for conspiracy to murder. According to court and other reliable sources, when Akram was 27 years old, she sought the assistance of a young male friend and conspired to murder her then 74 year old husband. Akram, who suffers from epilepsy among other ailments, had been forced to marry the substantially older man; her own father physically beat her into saying "I do" for a second time.
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