Deeyah wins an Emmy award for ‘Banaz’

[caption id="attachment_1911" align="alignleft" width="215"] Deeyah Khan with the Emmy award for her documentary 'Banaz: A love story'[/caption] IKWRO would like to congratulate our friend Deeyah for winning the Best International Current Affairs film at Emmy Awards 2013. Deeyah's documentary on the murder of Banaz Mahmod, a young Kurdish victim of a so-called 'honour' killing, beat several other contenders to take the supreme prize: a tremendous achievement given the small-scale nature of the documentary, which serves as a tribute to...
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Another chance to see ‘Banaz: A love story’

[caption id="attachment_1378" align="alignleft" width="300"] Banaz Mahmod asking police for help in hitherto unseen footage[/caption] The councils of Hammersmith & Fulham, Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea are holding a free screening of Banaz: A love story as part of an event to raise awareness of forced marriage. This will be followed by a panel discussion of the movie, held by the Director Deeyah, which will include Diana Nammi, Director of IKWRO. The film, which premiered...
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Diana Nammi at Norway screening of Banaz: A love story

In an event organised by Fritt Ord and Fuuse Diana Nammi, Director of IKWRO spoke at a screening of Banaz A Love Story along with Director and Producer Deeyah, Detective Superintendent Caroline Goode, and Author and Professor of Social Antropology Unni Wikan moderated by Kenan Malik. (more…)
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Banaz: An ‘honour’ killing

[caption id="attachment_1600" align="alignleft" width="300"] Still from 'Banaz - A love story'[/caption] Artist and activist Deeyah explains the motivation behind her documentary film Banaz: A love story which features IKWRO. A shortened version of this documentary was shown on ITV on 31st October. (more…)
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IKWRO marks the fifth anniversary of Banaz Mahmod’s death with an email campaign to Home Secretary Theresa May

[caption id="attachment_1879" align="alignleft" width="200"] Banaz Mahmod[/caption] Banaz Mahmod was a 20 year old Iraqi Kurdish woman who was accused of bringing shame on her family after she left a violent marriage and began a new relationship with a man she loved.  She was raped, tortured and strangled to death on 24 January 2006: five years ago today. You can help us to ensure that this doesn't happen to other women by sending an email to the Home Secretary...
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Two more murderers of Banaz Mahmod sentenced to life in prison

Press release, 12 November 2010 The Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation welcomes the news that the remaining two suspects in the Banaz Mahmod murder trial, Mohammed Ali and Omar Hussain, have been found guilty at the Old Bailey today. Ali was sentenced to a minimum of 22 years and Hussain to 21 years. Initially the Iraqi and Kurdistan Regional Governments were reluctant to hand Ali and Hussain over to the UK authorities, but they became the first...
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Two more murderers of Banaz Mahmod face justice today

The Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation welcomes the news that the remaining two suspects in the Banaz Mahmod murder trial, Mohammed Ali and Omar Hussain, have been found guilty at the Old Bailey today.  Ali was sentenced to a minimum of 22 years and Hussain to 21 years. Initially it was unclear whether the Iraqi and Kurdistan Regional Governments would hand Ali and Hussain over to the UK authorities, but they became the first suspects ever extradited...
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Sham justice: On the trial of Saleh Hama Ali in Iraqi-Kurdistan

Press release 18 June 2009 Banaz Mahmod was gang-raped and killed in a brutal 'honour' killing in January 2006. Her father Mahmod Mahmod, her uncle Ari Mahmod and one of his associates are currently in prison for their part in the crime. However these men did not perpetrate their crime alone. The UK police have been trying to extradite two further suspects, Mohammed Saleh Ali and Omar Hussain, who fled to the Kurdish region of Iraq back to...
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IKWRO to hold public meeting with IPCC regarding their investigation into police treatment of Banaz Mahmod

Press release 23 February 2009 The Iranian and Kurdish Women's Rights Organisation was very disappointed by the collapse of the hearings by the Independent Police Complaints Commission relating to the treatment by police of Banaz Mahmod before her death in January 2006. Despite many appeals to the Police for help, her case was not given the attention it deserved, and she was subsequently murdered in a brutal so-called 'honour' killing. There were clear breaches of procedure by one...
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Banaz could have been saved

Press release 20 March 2007 Women from the London-based Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation have been attending the trial of Mahmod and Ari Mahmod, father and uncle of Banaz Mahmod Babakir Agha. The two men are accused of murdering Banaz in the name of so-called ‘honour’. Rehmat Suleimani, a Kurd from Iran, gave his tearful account, and showed a film recorded on his mobile phone in which Banaz herself accuses her father of trying to murder her....
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