Pela Atroshi was a 19-year-old Kurd from Farsta, Sweden. She was murdered in an honor killing by family members after being taken from Sweden to Duhok in Kurdistan. She was deemed to have brought shame on the family by moving out of the family home and trying to achieve some independence.

Tulay Goren was a 15-year-old Kurdish schoolgirl from Woodford Green, East London who went missing in January 1999.