Banaz Mahmod was murdered 20 years ago; the fight for a law on ‘honour’-based abuse goes on

After years of campaigning, Mahmod’s sister Bekhal hopes UK government is finally ready to bring in Banaz’s law“I’m always looking over my shoulder. I’m never going to let my guard down,” Bekhal Mahmod said.For two decades she has been in hiding, living under a new identity, away from her Iraqi-Kurdish family. In 2007 Bekhal testified in the trial of her father and uncle for the “honour”-based murder of her sister Banaz Mahmod. Continue reading...