Kurdish Transgender Woman Shot by Brother Had Been Hiding from Family

THE GUARDIAN: Friends of Doski Azad said the 23-year-old makeup artist had received repeated death threats from male family members

Doski Azad who had been supporting herself by working as a makeup artist since her family turned her back on her as a teenager.
The Kurdish transgender woman Doski Azad shot dead by her brother last month, had been living in hiding from her family after repeated death threats, friends have said.

According to friends, Azad had had to move home regularly after several death threats by male members of her family.

Three weeks ago, her body was found dumped in a ditch outside of the city of Duhok, in the Iraqi autonomous Kurdistan region. Her hands had been tied and she had been shot twice. Police have issued an arrest warrant for her brother, who is believed to have travelled from his home in Germany to carry out the killing. » | Saeed Kamali Dehghan | Monday, February 21, 2022