Haukur Hilmarsson

{{Short description|Icelandic activist (1986–2018)}}

{{icelandic name|Haukur}}

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| alt = Haukur Hilmarsson (Şahin Hüseyni) in military gear, holding a rifle, with flags of the IFB, YPG, and RUIS.

| caption = Haukur Hilmarsson (Şahin Hüseyni) with flags of the IFB, YPG, and RUIS.

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| birth_name = Haukur Hilmarsson

| other_name = Sahin Hosseini

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1986|07|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Iceland

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| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|02|24|1986|07|22|df=y}}

| death_place = Afrin, Syria

| death_cause = Turkish airstrike

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| allegiance = {{flagicon image|Flag of Rojava.svg}}{{flagicon image|De facto SA-NES Flag.svg}} Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria

| branch = {{flagicon image|Flag of the International Freedom Battalion.svg}} International Freedom Battalion

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| serviceyears = 2017–2018

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| known_for = Political activism, fighting with YPG

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• Syrian Civil War
• Raqqa campaign (2016–2017)
• Operation Olive Branch{{KIA}}

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| relations = Mother: Eva Hauksdóttir

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Haukur Hilmarsson (22 July 1986 – 24 February 2018) was an Icelandic political activist.{{cite news|author1=Alma Ómarsdóttir|title=Aktífisti og baráttumaður fyrir hælisleitendur|url=http://www.ruv.is/frett/aktifisti-og-barattumadur-fyrir-haelisleitendur-0|accessdate=8 March 2018|work=RÚV|date=7 March 2018|language=Icelandic}}{{cite news|title=Íslendingur sagður hafa verið myrtur af tyrkneska hernum í Sýrlandi|url=https://stundin.is/grein/6354/islendingur-sagdur-drepinn-af-tyrkneska-hernum-i-syrlandi/|accessdate=8 March 2018|work=Stundin|date=7 March 2018|language=Icelandic}} He played a crucial role in initiating a movement for the rights of refugees in Iceland.{{Cite web|url=http://www.visir.is/g/2008514987692/flugbrautahlauparinn-ser-ekki-eftir-neinu|title=Flugbrautahlauparinn sér ekki eftir neinu|website=Vísir|date=7 March 2008 }} He rose to prominence during the 2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests after climbing to the roof of the house of the Icelandic parliament, Alþingishúsið, and hoisting the flag of the Bónus supermarket chain on the building's flagpole.{{cite news|author1=Steindór Grétar Jónsson|title=Baráttumaður fyrir landamæralausum heimi|url=https://stundin.is/grein/6372/barattumadur-fyrir-landamaeralausum-heimi/|accessdate=9 March 2018|work=Stundin|date=9 March 2018|language=Icelandic}}{{cite news|title=Bónusfánamaður handtekinn|url=https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2008/11/22/bonusfanamadur_handtekinn/|accessdate=8 March 2018|work=Morgunblaðið|date=22 November 2008|language=Icelandic}} His arrest two weeks later{{cite news|title=Var ekki handtekinn til að koma í veg fyrir þátttöku í mótmælum|url=http://www.visir.is/g/2008567413001/var-ekki-handtekinn-til-ad-koma-i-veg-fyrir-thatttoku-i-motmaelum|accessdate=8 March 2018|work=Vísir.is|date=23 November 2008|language=Icelandic}}{{cite news|title=Boðuð mótmæli höfðu ekki áhrif á handtöku Hauks|url=http://www.visir.is/g/2008814936799/bodud-motmaeli-hofdu-ekki-ahrif-a-handtoku-hauks|accessdate=8 March 2018|work=Vísir.is|date=23 November 2008|language=Icelandic}} resulted in an attempt by a crowd of protesters to storm the Icelandic Police headquarters in downtown Reykjavík where Haukur was held and from where he was subsequently released.{{cite news|title=Mótmælendur réðust inn í lögreglustöðina|url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=278483|accessdate=8 March 2018|work=Fréttablaðið|date=23 November 2008|pages=1, 6}}{{cite news|title=Frjáls fánamaður krefst byltingar|url=http://www.dv.is/frettir/2008/11/22/logreglan-sleppti-motmaelandanum/|accessdate=8 March 2018|work=Dagblaðið Vísir|date=22 November 2008|language=Icelandic|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309182645/http://www.dv.is/frettir/2008/11/22/logreglan-sleppti-motmaelandanum/|archive-date=9 March 2018|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|author1=Önundur Páll Ragnarsson|title=Reyndu að frelsa mann úr varðhaldi|url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=4204658|accessdate=8 March 2018|work=Morgunblaðið|date=23 November 2008|language=Icelandic}}