While Human Rights and Civil Society Groups and Activists have been striving for years to put and end to abuses and violence against women, inhuman and outrageous killings in the name of honor continue to be a serious social problem and perpetrators of such crimes escape from justice.

In early April 2007, Duaa Khalil Aswad a Yezidi girl of about 17 of age was stoned to death accused of so-called honour crime in Bashika. As appeared in video footages apparently captured by mobile phones, Duaa was stoned to death by a group of about eight men and in the presence of a large crowd around the crime scene. Asuda condemns in the strongest terms the killing of Duaa Khalil Aswad and calls on the authorities to act urgently to bring to justice the perpetrators of the crime and fulfill its responsibilities in protecting women who continue to be killed under the name of honor and other pretexts.  Asuda also calls upon Human Rights organizations and Civil Society Groups and activists to coordinate and act immediately to request the relevant authorities to  investigate in allegations that suggested law enforcement officials were present but at the crime scene but did not act to stop the killing. 

Asuda for Combating Violence against Women

Sulaymaniyah, KurdistanIraq

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