Iraq: Amnesty International appalled by stoning to death of Yezidi girl and subsequent killings
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Amnesty International is appalled by the killing of Du’a Khalil Aswad, aged about 17, who was stoned to death on or around 7 April 2007 for a so-called honour crime. A member of Iraq’s Yezidi religious minority from the village of Bahzan in northern Iraq, she was killed by a group of eight or nine men and in the presence of a large crowd in the town of Bashika, near the city of Mosul. Some of her relatives are said to have participated in the killing.
Amnesty International condemns in the strongest terms both the murder of Du’a Khalil Aswad and the subsequent murders of the Yezidi men, and is calling on the Iraqi authorities to take immediate steps to identify and bring to justice, through fair trials and without recourse to the death penalty, the perpetrators of these killings. As well, the organization is calling on the Iraqi authorities to investigate whether law enforcement officials were present but failed to intervene to prevent Du’a Khalil Aswad’s death by stoning, and to take urgent, concrete measures, including through legislative reforms, to protect those at risk of becoming victims of so-called “honour crimes.”
Background
There are frequent reports of "honour crimes" in Iraq - in particular in the predominantly Kurdish north of the country. Most victims of "honour crimes" are women and girls who are considered by their male relatives and others to have shamed the women's families by immoral behaviour. Often grounds for such accusations are flimsy and no more than rumour. "Honour crimes" are most often perpetrated by male members of the woman's family in the belief that such crimes restore their and their family's honour. While the Kurdish authorities introduced legal reforms to address “honour killings” they have, however, failed to investigate and prosecute those responsible for such crimes. Amnesty International has documented its concerns about Iraqi women victims of human rights violations, including “honour crimes”, in a report issued in February 2005 (Iraq: Decades of suffering-Now women deserve better, http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGMDE140012005?open&of=ENG-IRQ)
Amnesty International condemns in the strongest terms both the murder of Du’a Khalil Aswad and the subsequent murders of the Yezidi men, and is calling on the Iraqi authorities to take immediate steps to identify and bring to justice, through fair trials and without recourse to the death penalty, the perpetrators of these killings. As well, the organization is calling on the Iraqi authorities to investigate whether law enforcement officials were present but failed to intervene to prevent Du’a Khalil Aswad’s death by stoning, and to take urgent, concrete measures, including through legislative reforms, to protect those at risk of becoming victims of so-called “honour crimes.”
Background
There are frequent reports of "honour crimes" in Iraq - in particular in the predominantly Kurdish north of the country. Most victims of "honour crimes" are women and girls who are considered by their male relatives and others to have shamed the women's families by immoral behaviour. Often grounds for such accusations are flimsy and no more than rumour. "Honour crimes" are most often perpetrated by male members of the woman's family in the belief that such crimes restore their and their family's honour. While the Kurdish authorities introduced legal reforms to address “honour killings” they have, however, failed to investigate and prosecute those responsible for such crimes. Amnesty International has documented its concerns about Iraqi women victims of human rights violations, including “honour crimes”, in a report issued in February 2005 (Iraq: Decades of suffering-Now women deserve better, http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGMDE140012005?open&of=ENG-IRQ)
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سنگسار يک دختر 17 ساله به نام دعا توسط خانواده و اقوام وی در منطقه بشیقه baashigha در شمال عراق در 7 آوريل 2007.اين دختر نگون بخت که از خانواده ایزيدی ها (معروف به شيطان پرستان) است به خاطر اينکه قصد داشت با يک جوان مسلمان ازدواج کند توسط خانواده و اقوام و همسايگان سنگسار شد.روايت ديگر آن است که دعا عرب ومسلمان بوده و پسر جوان به ايزيدی ها تعلق داشته است. ولی اين مسئله در اصل جنايتی که شده ناثير نمي گذارد و عاملان متعلق به هر گروهی که باشند بايد به مجازات برسند.اين فيلم با گوشی موبايل گرفته شده ولی با ويندوز مديا پلير WMP قابل ديدن است.
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سنگسار يک دختر 17 ساله به نام دعا توسط خانواده و اقوام وی در منطقه بشیقه baashigha در شمال عراق در 7 آوريل 2007.اين دختر نگون بخت که از خانواده ایزيدی ها (معروف به شيطان پرستان) است به خاطر اينکه قصد داشت با يک جوان مسلمان ازدواج کند توسط خانواده و اقوام و همسايگان سنگسار شد.روايت ديگر آن است که دعا عرب ومسلمان بوده و پسر جوان به ايزيدی ها تعلق داشته است. ولی اين مسئله در اصل جنايتی که شده ناثير نمي گذارد و عاملان متعلق به هر گروهی که باشند بايد به مجازات برسند.اين فيلم با گوشی موبايل گرفته شده ولی با ويندوز مديا پلير WMP قابل ديدن است.
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