Palestine: Israa Ghrayeb, 21-killed by her brother,August 2019
Israa Ghrayeb, a makeup artist, was murdered on August 22. Her brother killed her in retaliation of her posting a video online of herself with her fiancé.
Belgium: Sadia Sheikh,killed by her family-October 22, 2007
When her parents started to arrange an unwanted marriage between Sadia and a cousin from Pakistan whom she had never met, Sadia decided to leave home to study in Belgium. Her brother Mudusar, confessed...
Sweden – Farsta: Pela Atroshi, 19- killed by her family-June 24, 1999
Pela Atroshi was an Iraqi Kurd living in Farsta, Sweden. She was murdered in an honor killing by family members. She was deemed to have brought shame on the family by moving out of...
Zainab 19, Sahar 17, Geeti 13 and Rona Muhammad Omar, 52- killed in a mass honor killing-June 30, 2009
The Shafia family left Afghanistan in 1992. Zainab, Sahar, and Geeti, were daughters of Mohammad Shafia, 58, and second wife Tooba Mohammad Yahya, 41. Rona was Mohammad’s first wife — they lived in a...
USA – Arizona: Noor Faleh Almaleki, 20-killed by her father, October 2009
Noor Faleh Almaleki was an Iraqi American who was killed when her father Faleh Hassan Almaleki, hit her with his car in Peoria, Arizona in an act of filicide. Noor was attending Glendale Community...
USA – Irving, Texas: Amina, 18 and Sarah, 17-killed by their father, January 2008
“Oh my God, I’m dying,” were 17-year-old Sarah Said’s last words, recorded in a harrowing 911 call released by Irving Police in Texas. Yaser Abdel Said was taking his two daughters to dinner when...
Virtual Seminar & Exhibition
The seminar coincides with an exhibition to Stop Honor Killings curated by Rezvan Moghaddam and Neda Izadi in The Dodd Center for Human Rights from November 9 – December 15, 2021. The exhibition features posters depicting victims of honor...
Monthly report of honor killings in Iran: September 2021
Report: Awin Mostafazadeh Translation: Rouhi Shafii This report gives the number of women murdered by male family members. The report consists of 12 incidents of honor-based violence against women in various ways, including two...
Honor killings in Iran during the COVID-19 pandemic and the Response of Women’s Rights Activists
by: Rezvan Moghaddam An honor killing, is the murder of a member of a family, (mostly a women) due to the perpetrators’ belief that the victim has brought so-called disgrace upon the family. Typical...
Solidarity statement of 25 Iranian Women Organizations with Women of Afghanistan
We, independent Iranian women’s organizations declare our solidarity with women of Afghanistan in their struggle against Taliban’s resurgence and their taking control of Afghanistan. We deeply share the pain and suffering that is imposed...
