(Iraq) IKWRO: On the trial of Saleh Hama Ali
— Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation (IKWRO) reports on the trial of Saleh Hama Ali for the killing of Banaz Mahmod
— IKWRO: “Banaz Mahmod was a young woman killed, and gang-raped in a brutal ‘honour’ killing ordered by her uncle.”
— while her uncle and father are in UK prison, “both IKWRO and the British police are aware, these men did not perpetrate the crime alone, but with the aid of other associates and the collusion of many in the wider Kurdish community. For some time, the British police have been trying to extradite two further suspects who had fled to the Kurdish region of Iraq to face trial for this murder.”
— “Today, in Iraqi-Kurdistan, Saleh Hama Ali faces trial: however, we in IKWRO are amongst many other opponents of ‘honour’ killings and supporters of women’s rights in the Middle East in believing that this trial will have little results.”
— “The United Kingdom seeks to extradite Saleh Hama Ali to face the same system of justice that has put Ari and Mahmod Mahmod behind bars. The Government of Iraq has agreed to this. However, the Kurdistan Regional Government refuses to do so, preferring to hold a show trial”