Iraqi Kurdistan court approves death sentence for family killer
HEWLÊR-Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— Iraqi Kurdistan Region Court of Cassation on Monday approved a death sentence issued by the Judicial Court in Sulaimani for Dyar Majeed, who was convicted of...
View Article19-year-old Kurdish woman commits suicide in Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan
SULAIMANI, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— A 19-year-old Kurdish woman ended her life by hanging herself in her home in Zhallai Saru village in Sulaimani overnight, Sulaimani police spokesperson Sarkawt Ahmed...
View ArticleYoung Kurdish Yazidi woman commits suicide in Duhok, Iraqi Kurdistan
DUHOK, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— A 19-year-old Kurdish Yazidi woman, Najua Ismail, hanged herself on Monday in the Bozan village in Derabun displacement camp near Zakho in Duhok governorate in Iraqi...
View ArticleIraqi Kurdish Islamic mullah defends child marriage after honor killing
HEWLÊR-Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— An Kurdish Islamic mullah who married off a 12-year-old girl later killed by her husband has defended child marriage, saying it is permitted under Islamic law and...
View ArticleKurdish women beaten in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan: video
HEWLÊR-Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— Two Kurdish women, a mother and her daughter, have been beaten by a man in Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan in a video captured by a security camera CCTV that circulated...
View ArticleKurdish woman murdered by ex-husband in Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan
SULAIMANI, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— A Kurdish woman was killed by her ex-husband in Sulaimani’s Bakarjo neighborhood overnight, the Sulaimani police directorate said on Tuesday. “After three hours of...
View Article41 men committed suicide, 3 killed by their wives in Iraqi Kurdistan in 1st...
SULAIMANI, Iraq’s Kurdistan region,— Up to 41 men have committed suicide in the first six months of 2021 in Iraqi Kurdistan region, according to the union of men. The Kurdistan Men Union said on Sunday...
View ArticleFather kills his daughter in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan
HEWLÊR-Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— A Kurdish man has killed his daughter late on Sunday in Gelawej neighborhood in Erbil, the capital city of Iraqi Kurdistan, the local police said. The suspect...
View ArticleLGBT+ community in Iraqi Kurdistan lives in secret
SULAIMANI, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— Iraqi Kurdistan’s LGBT+ community is struggling for acceptance in a society where family honour is paramount. “When I turned 18, I had feelings for men. I would not...
View ArticleIraqi Kurdistan government to launch app to address violence against women
HEWLÊR-Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) General Directorate of Combating Violence Against Women and Family said on Tuesday that it will launch a new app to...
View ArticleBoth father’s and mother’s names appear on Iraqi national ID: official
SULAIMANI, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— Sulaimani Civil Affairs Director Fazil Fayaq on Thursday told Voice of America Kurdish (VOA) that current version of Iraq’s national ID card includes the names of...
View ArticleKurdish woman killed by husband at a hotel in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan
HEWLÊR-Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— A 31-year-old woman was killed by her husband at a hotel in Erbil city in Iraqi Kurdistan on Wednesday, Hogr Aziz, a spokesman for the Erbil Police Directorate...
View ArticleFirst real estate agency managed by women opened in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan
HEWLÊR-Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— Despite the fact that the real estate industry in Iraqi Kurdistan region is largely male-dominated, Mina Merduk and three of her female colleagues successfully...
View ArticleHalabja women gain power without parity in Iraqi Kurdistan
HALABJA, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— In the Kurdish city of Halabja in Iraqi Kurdistan region municipal director Kwestan Faraj recalls the day when being a woman saved her life. Though equality may be a...
View ArticleIran arrests Kurdish lesbian for ‘supporting homosexuality’, could face death...
URMIYE, Iranian Kurdistan,— Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have detained a Kurdish lesbian woman named Zahra Sedighi-Hamadan also known as Sareh in West Azerbaijan province in Iranian...
View ArticleIraqi Kurdistan launches app tackling violence against women
HEWLÊR-Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— A SafeYou application for smartphones, aiming to tackle gender violence in Iraqi Kurdistan, was launched by the Kurdistan Regional Government KRG’s Ministry of...
View ArticleKurdish transgender woman Doski Azad killed by brother in Duhok: police
DUHOK, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— A young transgender woman, Doski Azad, was killed on Monday by her brother in Duhok governorate, the police said. The Dohuk police directorate said the motive behind the...
View ArticleUS demands investigation into killing of transgender woman in Iraqi Kurdistan
HEWLÊR-Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— The US government has condemned the murder of a transgender woman, Doski Azad, in Duhok governorate in Iraqi Kurdistan region, and has urged authorities to bring...
View ArticleKurdish woman killed by 10 bullets in Koya, Iraqi Kurdistan: police
KOYA, Iraqi Kurdistan,— A 26-year-old Kurdish woman was shot dead by 10 bullets on Wednesday in the town of Koya in Erbil governorate by an unknown assailant, according to a police official in Koya....
View ArticleA woman shot dead by her husband in Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan
SULAIMANI, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— A husband shot and killed his wife before turning the gun on himself in Sulaimani city’s Kurdsat neighborhood, according to police spokesperson. Maryam Yacoob, 40,...
View ArticleKurdish woman, who set on fire by husband in Sulaimani, dies, Iraqi Kurdistan
SULAIMANI, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— A man set fire to his wife in Sulaimani city after betting her and pouring kerosene oil on her due to a domestic dispute, according to family members. Shniyar Hunar,...
View ArticleYoung Kurdish woman Iman Sami Maghdid, aka Maria, killed in Erbil, Iraqi...
HEWLÊR-Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— A young Kurdish woman activist was found dead in Iraqi Kurdistan capital Erbil late Sunday night, Erbil police said. According to Erbil’s police department, Iman...
View ArticleMasrour Barzani who hides his wife from the public, calls for ‘gender equality’
HEWLÊR-Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— Iraq’s Kurdistan Kurdistan Regional Government prime minister Masrour Barzani, whose wife “Sayran” face ever shown alongside his, said there should be no gender...
View Article‘Voice of equality’ radio station launched in Iraqi Kurdistan to advocate for...
HEWLÊR-Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— A new radio station named “Voice of Equality” was launched on March 8, in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, with the aim of advocating for the well-being and empowerment of...
View ArticleFather shot dead his teen daughter in honor killing in Iraqi Kurdistan
HEWLÊR-Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— A Kurdish teenage girl was murdered by her father on Friday in Soran district in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, police officials said. A father used a Kalashnikov rifle...
View ArticleIn Iraqi Kurdistan, deadly attacks on Kurdish women are on the rise
SULAIMANI, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— A woman burned alive by her husband, others shot dead by a father or a teenage brother — bloody violence against women has spiked in northern Iraq’s Kurdish region....
View ArticleWoman shot dead by her cousin in Zakho, Iraqi Kurdistan
ZAKHO, Iraqi Kurdistan,— A woman was shot dead on Thursday evening in Ibrahim Khalil area in Zakho district of the Dohuk Governorate in Iraqi Kurdistan, the police said. The 30-year-old woman was shot...
View ArticleIslamic lawmaker accuses plastic surgeon of raping 5 women in Sulaimani,...
With presenting any evidences KIU lawmaker accusing a plastic surgeon of raping women SULAIMANI, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— A well-known plastic surgeon doctor in Sulaimani city has reportedly sexually...
View ArticleKurdish woman stabbed to death by her husband in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan
HEWLÊR-Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— A Kurdish mother of four was stabbed to death on Thursday by her Husband in Kurdistan neighborhood in Erbil, according to the city police department. The woman,...
View ArticleKurdish man shoots dead his wife and three of her family members in Chamchamal
CHAMCHAMAL, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— A Kurdish man fatally shot his wife and three of her family members, including a child, on Monday in Chamchamal district in Sulaimani province due to a “social...
View ArticleKurdish man stabs his wife 15 times in Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan
SULAIMANI, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— A Kurdish man stabs his wife 15 times in Sulaimani city in Iraqi Kurdistan region on Saturday, the police said. According to Raz Farya, the spokesperson for the...
View ArticleHusband kills his wife with a knife in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan
HEWLÊR-Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— A Kurdish woman was murdered by her husband on Monday in Erbil province, the Erbil police directorate said in a statement. The victim, 33-year-old Bahar Zakaria...
View ArticleKurdish man strangles his wife to death in Duhok, Iraqi Kurdistan
DUHOK, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— A Kurdish man strangled his wife with a wire in Serhaldan neighborhood in Duhok city, the city police said on Tuesday. According to the police spokesperson, the man...
View ArticleKurdish NGO urges Iraqi Kurdistan to adopt a robust law to protect women from...
HEWLÊR-Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— A women-led SEED Foundation, a local non-governmental organization NGO, reportedly based in Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan region, called on lawmakers in the Kurdish...
View ArticleMother of 5 was killed by her husband in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan
HEWLÊR-Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— A Kurdish man killed his wife in Ari neighborhood in Erbil city in Iraqi Kurdistan, the Erbil police said on Sunday. According to the police, a 38-year-old woman...
View ArticleKurdish model killed by ex-husband in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan
HEWLÊR-Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— A Kurdish woman working as a model in Iraqi Kurdistan capital Erbil was stabbed to death by her ex-husband, reports from local media said on Monday. Fatma Zarei,...
View ArticleAmnesty urges Iran to free Kurdish LGBTI woman activist Zahra Sedighi-Hamadan...
PARIS,— Amnesty International on Tuesday urged Iran to free an Iranian LGBTI Kurdish woman activist held for the last three months on charges linked to an appearance in a BBC documentary on gay rights...
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View ArticleIran sentences Kurdish LGBTI activist Sareh to death for ‘promoting...
URMIYE, Iranian Kurdistan,— LGBTI Kurdish woman activist Zahra Sedighi-Hamadan also known as Sareh was sentenced to death in Urmiye in Iranian Kurdistan for the promotion of homosexuality, Kurdish...
View ArticleTanzanian woman tortured, raped in Iraqi Kurdistan: report
DODOMA,— A Tanzanian woman has filed a lawsuit in her home country accusing her employer and others of trafficking her to Iraq’s Kurdistan region, where she says she was subjected to rape and torture,...
View ArticleIraqi Kurdish female bodybuilder Shylan Kamal breaks down gender barriers
HEWLÊR-Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— As a young girl, Iraqi Kurd Shylan Kamal would help her mother knead bread until one day she realised the work was a way to build up muscles — and she liked it....
View ArticleLife sentence for Sulaimani man who set wife on fire, Iraqi Kurdistan
Sulaimani man receives life in prison for setting wife ablaze SULAIMANI, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— In a significant verdict on Sunday, a court in Sulaimani city in Iraqi Kurdistan handed a life sentence...
View ArticleKurdish man guns down his wife and sister-in-law in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan
HEWLÊR-Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— A young Kurdish wife and her younger sister was fatally shot inside her parents’ residence. The perpetrator behind this heartbreaking act was none other than her...
View ArticleLicense of NGO defending women’s and LGBT+ rights revoked in Iraqi Kurdistan
SULAIMANI, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— The Rasan Organisation, a locally recognized NGO dedicated to safeguarding the rights of women and the LGBTQ+ community in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region,...
View ArticleMan who killed Kurdish woman Banaz Mahmod in 2006 in UK will not be released
Kurdish man Mohamad Hama, who raped, tortured and murdered young Kurdish woman on the orders of her father in ‘honour’ killing that shocked Britain is still too dangerous to be released and deported...
View ArticleIslamic fatwa forbids ‘unnecessary’ plastic surgery in Iraqi Kurdistan
HEWLÊR-Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— A recent fatwa forbidding “unnecessary” plastic surgery has drawn mixed reaction among doctors, therapists and members of the public in Iraqi Kurdistan Region,...
View ArticleTwo makeup artists arrested in Iraqi Kurdistan for ‘cross-dressing’ posts
HEWLÊR-Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— Police in Iraqi Kurdistan have detained two male makeup artists after they posted images on Instagram of themselves wearing women’s clothing and cosmetics,...
View ArticleIndonesian female housekeepers escape in Erbil, claiming abuse
HEWLÊR-Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— Two Indonesian housekeepers employed in Erbil found themselves homeless for nearly two months after fleeing from their workplace, alleging abuse by the owner. The...
View ArticleKurdish academic Choman Hardi receives Franco-German prize for human rights
HEWLÊR-Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— Choman Hardi, a distinguished Kurdish poet, academic, and translator, was honored on Monday in Erbil with the prestigious Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and...
View ArticleKurdish woman becomes the first female pilot of Iraqi Airways
BAGHDAD,— Rejin Doski, a Kurdish woman pilot, has been promoted to the rank of captain, and she just completed her first flight from Baghdad to Dubai. This is a big deal for Iraqi Airways and for women...
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