International Campaign Against Honour Killing: Remember Du'a (and others)

From International Campaign Against Honour Killing:

ICAHK have published a book in French on 'honour' opppression in the Middle East, highlighting Palestine and Israel, based mainly on interviews and testimonies.

It can be bought here: http://www. cafepress. com/icahk

and downloaded here for free (without the lovely cover): http://stophonourkillings. com/totalitarisme. pdf




April 7th: ICAHK calls for International Day of Remembrance

What you can do:

Find out more about Du’a Khalil

  1. Spread the word
    Write a letter to your local papers, raising the issue of so-called ’honour’ killing.Du’a Khalil
  2. Blog for Du’a
    Write a blog entry for Du’a Khalil on the 7th April, perhaps using one of our graphics available here, or post about her story on your forums
  3. Contact the KRG
    Send an email to the Kurdistan Regional Government asking what progress there has been in finding and prosecuting Du’a’s killers and what they intend to do to reduce the rate of ’honour’ killings in Kurdistan (there have been at least 300 other victims since Du’a’s death.)
  4. Sign the petition
    Sign the petition, join the Facebook group
  5. Tell someone about it
    Whether your friend, relative or workmate, use April 7th to tell Du’a’s story and highlight the inhumanity of ’honour’ killings across the world
  6. Get together
    Organise an event to remember Du’a, whether its a candle-lit vigil or a private gathering to remember her. You can discuss ideas and get together in this thread and please send us your photographs.
  7. Put up a poster
    Print out and put up a poster in your window to show that Du’a Khalil is not forgotten [Big PDF]
  8. Join the Facebook event
    A Facebook event has been created: click here to join.
  9. Read a good book
    The anthology written in honour of Du’a Khalil Nothing But Red will be launched on April 7th with proceeds going to Equality Now

If you have any other suggestions about how to mark this terrible anniversary, please contact us:

http://www.myspace.com/icahk

 

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