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A petition signed by over 25,000 people around the world was hosted on AllOut's website, demanding the KRG to put an end to honour killings, and a thorough and serious investigation into past and future hate crimes against LGBT people, as well as providing transparency about Doski's case. Yeksani had
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Doski had been hiding from her family due to the danger she faced as a transgender woman. She parted ways from her family and was working as a make-up artist in a salon. Despite her efforts to keep her location secret, her brother was able to track her down and murder her in an act of honour killing,
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also condemned the so-called honour killing and called for justice to be served in a strongly-worded statement. Many countries and organisations have called for the investigation of the case and the punishment of the perpetrator. The German
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The murder of Doski Azad has brought attention to the issue of transphobic violence and discrimination faced by transgender individuals in Iraq and
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and internet personality who was open about her transition on social media. On 28 January 2022, she was shot and killed by her estranged brother, Chakdar Azad, in what has been described as a
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criticized this statement, saying that the comments had clearly been inserted to "satisfy the conservatives who want to murder anyone not fitting the heteronormative narrative".
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groups have called for urgent action to address transphobic violence and discrimination and to provide support and resources for transgender individuals.
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