A woman in Qurwa burns herself because of her family’s destitution

Kurdistan Human Rights Observers

HROK: A 30 year old woman from the village of Alooz in Qurwa commits suicide by burning herself as a result of family problems related to the poverty which crippled her family.
She died after she was transferred to a hospital in Sanadaj as a result of her injuries.
The family have two young children and the husband is unemployed.

Sunday, 15/03/09