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OWFI's Campaign to
Stop the Execution of Female Prisoners in Iraq
Eleven female prisoners were taken to the extreme protection prison in Kadhimia in Baghdad two months ago for the purpose of execute capital punishment on them.
In spite of allegations of liberation and democracy, the Iraqi state continues to claim the right to terminate the citizens' lives whenever needed, as if the citizens were a property of the state and can be disposed of by killing. Furthermore, the state legislates a judicial process for these killing and gives them the name of capital punishment.
One of the eleven women jailed in the death center, Kasima Hamid was terminated recently in June, while Lamia Adnan was terrorized to death, as she died from a heart attack. The rest of the women live under daily terror lest they are next on the death row and their children are orphaned.
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July 8, 2008, New York, New York – The Peter and Patricia
Gruber Foundation today announced that it will award the 2008 Women’s
Rights Prize to three courageous activists who, at great risk to their
own safety, have led successful efforts to advance women’s rights in
their respective societies.
Yanar Mohammed – co-founder of Organization of Women’s
Freedom in Iraq, has become the focal point for women’s rights activism
in Iraq. She is publisher of Al Mousawat, which calls for full
equality for women, and has opened women’s shelters and safe houses to
protect women threatened by domestic abuse and what have been referred
to as honor killings. She teaches women activists how to confront
intolerance and regularly advocates equality for women on Iraqi radio
and television.
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Condemn the killings of women in Basra and Umara
he southern cities
of Iraq
which are totally under the grip of Islamist parties have turned into no-woman
zones. Female physical appearance is not acceptable in the streets, educational
institutions, or at work places. Although veiled and passive, death awaits
women around street corners, in the market, and visits them inside their homes
daily in the city of Basra.
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