Public seminar in memory of Du'a Khalil Aswad,
London, Friday 18th May 2007, 18.30-10.00pm
May
17, 2007
Public seminar in memory of Du'a Khalil Aswad ,
Kurdish teenager
brutally stoned to death in front of hundreds of
witnesses in Bashika, near Mosul.
Du'a’s only “crime” was to fall in love with an Arab
man not from her own “faith”.
We invite you all to this public seminar to shed
light on this barbaric crime and discuss the
background to so called honour killings in
Kurdistan. The campaign will outline its plan of
mounting pressure on the Kurdish authorities to take
responsible measures to protect women from killing
and stoning!
The Stop Honour Killings campaign will be holding a
seminar on the 18th May in London in the evening:
Speakers:
-Houzan Mahmoud:
Representative Abroad of Organisation of Women’s
Freedom in Iraq and initiator of Campaign Against
Killing and Stoning of Women in Kurdistan.
-Heather Harvey:
Amnesty International’s Women Against Violence
project manager.
-Diana Nammi:
Director of Kurdish and Iranian Women’s Rights
Organisation, and chair of International Campaign
Against Honour Killings and initiator of Campaign
Against Killing and Stoning of Women in Kurdistan.
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Du'a Khalil Aswad
Dua Khalil Aswad, The teenager was dragged outside
by 8 or 9 men and stoned for half an hour until she
died. Her boyfriend is now in hiding in fear for his
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