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Doing justice in Kurdistan |
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Thursday, 25 June 2009 12:42 |
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 IKWRO and the Justice for Banaz campaign were delighted to learn that the High Court of Suleymania chaired by Judge Shaykh Latif has allowed Mohammad Saleh Ali to be extradited to the United Kingdom where he will stand trial, accused of taking part in the vicious rape and 'honour' killing of Banaz Mahmod, a 20 year old young Kurdish woman. IKWRO are very pleased that our fears that Ali would not be extradited were groundless, and that our hopes were fulfilled. We salute the Judge Shaykh Latif for making a decision that we hope forms a positive step towards recognising women's rights to live protecting women against crime of honour as well as prosecuting perpetrators which would discouraging so-called 'honour' killings in the region, While 'honour' killings are endemic in Iraqi-Kurdistan, and official responses are extremely poor, we hope this decision forms part of a new trend towards the recognition of women's rights in the region and the elimination of all forms of violence against them. |
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Demonstration for Delara Darabi |
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No more executions in Iran! |
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Thursday, 07 May 2009 11:24 |
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IKWRO are among many organizations, and many thousands of individuals, horrified by the execution of Delara Darabi, a sensitive young woman, imprisoned by the Islamic Republic of Iran since her 17th birthday, locked up on death row for a crime she falsely confessed to in order to protect her boyfriend, the real perpetrator. Delara was treated brutally in prison, and expressed her misery through a series of paintings composed on death row, paintings which made her famous across the world, a symbol of the brutality of the Islamic regime in Iran, and its primitive legal code. |
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FGM said to be widespread In Iraq's, Iran's Kurdistan |
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Sunday, 15 March 2009 19:10 |
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, March 10 2009 Tahereh vividly remembers the day in her native town of Marivan in Iran when she was circumcised with a razor, leaving her with physical and psychological pain that endures nearly 45 years later.
"We were five sisters --we didn't really understand what was happening. My mother just said that someone was coming to our house," says 48-year-old Tahereh, who is one of many women who have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) in Iranian Kurdistan.
"Then they took all of us -- we were 2, 3, 4 years old -- and the operation was done," says Tahereh, who asked that her real name not be used. |
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Rights report cites abuses in Kurdish Iraq |
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Monday, 20 April 2009 20:49 |
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CNN, April 14 2009 The Kurdish region of Iraq has seen gains in human rights, but security forces "regularly abuse their authority" and women continue to be targets of violence, Amnesty International said Tuesday. The international human rights group drew the conclusions in a report titled "Hope and Fear, Human Rights in Kurdistan Region of Iraq." The Kurdish region has been an island of relative stability during the Iraq war, and the report said it has "witnessed growing prosperity" and has made progress in human rights. But serious problems remain, Amnesty said. |
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Campaign against unjust family laws in Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Thursday, 06 November 2008 09:59 |
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The Organisation of Women’s Freedom in Iraq campaign against polygamy in Kurdistan-Iraq "We demand the repeal of polygamous marriages and all other discriminatory laws against women in Kurdistan. On October 27, 2008, legislation allowing polygamous marriages was passed in a parliamentary session in Erbil, the capital city of Kurdistan. This legislation is part of a constitutional draft proposing to replace the old family status law, in use since 1958. It was changed partially, under Saddam Hussein, to subjugate women’s rights further. After the fall of Saddam’s regime in 2003, a new constitution was written and passed in Iraq. This constitution was solely based on Islamic Sharia Law and openly stated its support for gender apartheid against women. We clearly see that the proposed constitution for the Kurdish region is no better than the Iraqi one. In fact, it is just a smaller version.
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If you need help
Call us on
0207 490 0303 (9.30-5.00)
or 07862 733511 (24hrs) You can also try the - Honour Network Helpline:
0800 5999 247 - Domestic Violence Helpline:
0808 2000 247 - In an emergency, call
999.
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