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In a suspected case of honour killing, a father allegedly battered his daughter and her husband to death in Durgapur village in Unnao, police said on Tuesday. The incident happened on Monday night in Chaurasi area when Vinod (25) and his wife Rita (22) were attacked by girl’s father Parag and his associates with sticks, .. read more
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KARACHI: The Supreme Court directed the police on Friday to arrest all those involved in the “honour” killing of two girls in Shikarpur. A three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, was seized with the suo motu proceedings against a jirga that was held for settling a dispute over honour killings. According to media reports, PML-F .. read more
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Hyderabad: In an alleged case of honour killing in Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur, a 26-year-old techie was allegedly killed by her parents on Sunday. The woman had married her boyfriend, who belongs to a different community, in Hyderabad last week. Police arrested the accused who later confessed to committing the crime during interrogation. Urban Guntur SP, Gopinath .. read more
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SHIKARPUR: Police claimed to have arrested two key accused of Shikarpur jirga that had ordered to kill two girls over ‘Karo Kari’ charges, Geo News reported Saturday. SSP Shikarpur said the Sanaullah Mahar and Abdullah Mahar (the main accused) have been arrested. He said police were conducting raids to arrest the head of jirga, Ghaus .. read more
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Two days after a couple was hacked to death in a suspected case of honour killing in Gadhaka village of Kalyanpur taluka in Devbhoomi Dwarka district, police arrested seven members of the woman’s family on Wednesday. Poori Chauhan (24) and her husband Govind Chauhan (38) were allegedly attacked with axes, scythes and wooden clubs by .. read more
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SARGODHA: The head of a family has been arrested on the charge of alleged murders of his wife and two daughters here, Geo News reported Wednesday. Police said that the accused killed the wife and daughter in the name of honour that led to his arrest. The incident occurred at Qasba Lalyani of Tehsil Kot .. read more
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LUCKNOW: In a case of honour killing, a young couple was allegedly tortured to death and their bodies dumped in a canal by the girl’s family on the outskirts of the city. Their bodies were fished out from the Sharda canal in the Chinhat area on Friday morning. The two were the residents of Satrikh .. read more
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The British Government now has a legal obligation to consider how the aid it gives a foreign country can help the rights of women and girls worldwide – including, for example, reducing forced marriage and FGM – under new rules going through Parliament on Thursday. International development secretary Justine Greening explains the significance Justine Greening, .. read more
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Unicef figures show one in five girls, some under 10, forced to marry by parents to protect against sexual violence Britain is to take the lead in tackling the rise in the number of Syrian refugee girls below the age of 16 forced into early marriage by destitute parents, many of whom believe it provides .. read more
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The Wa Municipal Directorate of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has organised a two-day forum to create awareness and strengthen civil society advocacy to reduce forced marriages in communities in the Municipality. Mr. Hamidu Haruna, the Upper West Regional Director of the Department of Social Welfare who gave an overview of early child .. read more
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