Banaz Mahmod (Kurdish: باناز ماهمۆد 16 December 1985 &#...
wikipedia - 02 Oct 2020Banaz Mahmod (Kurdish: باناز ماهمۆد 16 December 1985 – 24 January 2006) was a 20-year-old Iraqi Kurdish woman from Mitcham, South London.[2] She was murdered on the orders of her family in an honour killing because she ended a violent and abusive forced marriage and started a relationship with someone of her own choosing.[3] Her father, uncle and three cousins were later convicted of her murder.[4][5][6]
