International Campaign Against Honour Killings. 11 March 2008
April 7th: A day of remembrance for Du'a Khalil and the thousands of other victims of so-called 'honour'.
On April 7th 2007, Kurdish teenager Du'a Khalil was brutally stoned to death by hundreds of men, including her uncle and some of her closest relatives. The crime was a so-called 'honour' killing, occasioned by art student Du'a's romantic relationship with a local shopkeeper. The event scandalised the world, as the perpetrators filmed the violence on their mobile phones, which footage found its way onto the internet, where the world could see the murderous glee of the crowd and the collaboration of security forces.
ICAHK is asking you to remember Du'a Khalil and the thousands of other victims of so-called 'honour' this April 7th.