PRESS CONFERENCE : No to the release of women murders under the general Amnesty Law

May 5, 2013 , in Sulaimanyah culture café Zhyan group presented a new report about the side effects of general amnesty law number 2 of 2012 , the report focuses on releasing of women murders under the general Amnesty Law . Today in a press conference:

http://www.sbeiy.com/Detail.aspx?id=19550&LinkID=4 , two members of Zhyan group presented the report which was prepared by DHRD .On 10th October 2012 a short version of this report was submitted to the presidency of Kurkish parliament http://www.wadinet.de/blog/?p=10202 warning them about the dangers of this law on women situation but there was no any positive reaction .

Zhyan group reported that 7 women murders were released because of this law among them the father of Sakar , a teacher who was killed by her father in 2012 .

Notes : According to the non-official data’s since 1991 about 10000 were killed for different reasons of what so called “honor “ according to the Iraqi panel code in case if male members of the family kill women he can get less charge as exception under so called killing for honor , in Iraqi Kurdistan this article of panel code was amended and no more women murders benefit from any exception which is a big improvement , this is why activist from Zhyan group are attempting to make the side effect of this law public.

prepared by : Falah Muradkhan / Member of zhyan group

Falah Murad khan Shakarm – Iraq project coordinator -WADI Organization

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