We stand aloof from the stoning of women in Kurdistan!

We stand aloof from the stoning of women in Iraq & Kurdistan!


Doa, a 17 year old girl, was stoned to death in her hometown Bashiqua, Kurdistan in Iraq. As from a family of Yazidi faith Doa’s crime was to fall in love with a young Muslim Arab man. Doa had moved to her boyfriend’s house as they planned to get married. Her own family tricked her home again by giving Doa their blessing for her wedding with her boyfriend. It was a lie! The 7th of April 2007 some Yazidi men came and snatched Doa from her house and stoned her to death in public in the town of Bashiqua. A lot of men participated in the stoning with both small and large stones while shouting helped by applauding crowd. They did not stop until Doa was dead. No authorities intervened and stopped this barbaric crime against a 17 year old girl whose only crime was to fall in love.

The stoning of Doa has to be seen as a continuation of violence and killing of women in a patriarchal Kurdistan. The government of Kurdistan has failed to enforce laws against criminals to bring them to justice and punishment and hereby protect the women. Therefore, the government has a responsibility for the ongoing and frequent violent acts committed against women like stoning to death as was in the case for Doa.

We call on women’s organizations in Denmark and other countries to disassociate themselves from and condemn the stoning of Doa and at the same request the government of Kurdistan to make the necessary legal changes to prosecute the criminals and prevent killings and oppression of women.

We support all the organizations and people in- and outside Iraq, who has condemned and disassociated themselves from the barbaric crime on women like 17 year old Doa.

Please, support the International Campaign against killings and stoning of women in Kurdistan at http://www.petitiononline.com/kurdish/petition


Progressive Centre for Women Equalization Studies and Research http://www.pcwesr.org

Contact for P.C.W.E.S.R – Bayan Salih email: [email protected]

Kvinderهdet http://www.kvinderaad.dk

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Vi fordّmmer stening af Kvinder i Kurdistan!

17-هrige Doa blev d. 7. april stenet til dّde i hendes fّdeby Bashiqua, Kurdistan i Irak. Som datter i en familie med troen Yazidi begik Doa den fejl at forelske sig i en ung, muslimsk mand. De ّnskede at gifte sig, og derfor flyttede Doa mod familiens ّnske hjem til den unge mand. Hendes familie narrede hende til at komme hjem ved at anerkende Doas giftermهl. Det var lّgn! D. 7. april kom nogle Yazidi mوnd og hentede Doa og stenede hende pه gaden i Bashiqua. Mange mوnd deltog i steningen med sten pه stّrrelse med brosten, som de kastede med hujen og rهben pه Doa under stor tiljublen fra tilskuerne. De stoppede ikke, fّr Doa var dّd. Ingen offentlige myndigheder greb ind og stoppede dette barbariske overgreb med dّden til fّlge pه en 17 هrig pige, som ikke gjorde andet end at vوre forelsket.

Doas stening er en fortsوttelse af وresdrab pه kvinder under det patriarkalske system, der har hersket og stadig hersker i Kurdistan. Regeringen har ikke formهet at indfّre lovgivning, der forfّlger kriminelle handlinger og overgreb mod kvinder, og kvinderne i Kurdistan stهr uden beskyttelse mod forfّlgelse, vold og drab. Den kurdiske og den irakiske regering har derfor et stort ansvar for, at voldelige handlinger mod kvinder som f.eks. stening til dّde finder sted i stigende grad.

Vi opfordrer kvindeorganisationer i Danmark og den ّvrige verden til at fordّmme steningen af Doa, og vi opfordrer den kurdiske og den irakiske regering til at foretage de nّdvendige lovmوssige indgreb, sه de kriminelle bliver retsforfulgt og dّmt. De har ansvaret for at beskytte kvindernes rettigheder og deres liv.

Stّt den internationale kampagne imod stening og drab af kvinder i Kurdistan/Irak pه:

http://www.petitiononline.com/kurdish/petition

Kontaktperson for P.C.W.E.S.R - Bayan Salih tlf. 26 13 37 59
Progressive Centre for Women Equalization Studies and Research http://www.pcwesr.org

Kontaktperson for Kvinderهdet Randi Theil Nielsen 33 12 80 87
Kvinderهdet http://www.kvinderaadet.dk
Kّbenhavn d. 3. maj 2007




Kvinderهdet
Niels Hemmingsens Gade 10, 2.
Postboks 1069, 1008 K
tel: 33 12 80 87
www.kvinderaadet.dk

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