 The UNAMI reported that at least 534 honour killings occurred between January and April 2006 in the Kurdish Governorates.It is claimed that many deaths are reported as "female suicides" in order to conceal honour-related crimes.Aso Kamal of the Doaa Network Against Violence claimed that they have estimated that there were more than 12,000 honor killings in Iraqi Kurdistan from 1991 to 2007.