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Robert Fisk: The number of women sentenced to death across the Middle East has very little to do with justice

The execution of women holds a special revulsion for Westerners, especially – let us be honest about this – when the women are decapitated, hanged or shot in the Muslim world. Our revulsion at the act of killing a woman is thus neatly dovetailed into our foundational conviction that Islam treats women not only as .. read more

‘Honour’ crime: “We need to see this as abuse, call it out for what it is”

A charity campaigning for women’s rights is calling for all police forces across the UK to review their handling of honour-based violent crime. A report by the Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation claims one in five police forces are failing to report the crimes adequately, which puts more women at risk. These crimes include .. read more

New campaign targets honour violence

In an online survey of 130 London Muslims — most of them women under 25 — nearly 90% said it’s time to address the issue, which can range from parental pressure and shaming to abuse. About 35 service providers also completed the survey, which was conducted by the Muslim Family Resource Centre for Support and .. read more

London campaign targets ‘honour’ violence that can range from shaming to assault to killings

For such a complex issue, the plan is simple: Reclaim honour. It’s what a group of young Muslim women in London — the demographic typically victimized by “honour” violence, which can range from verbal shaming to killings — have set out to do. On Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, in school gyms, mosques and community centres, they .. read more

Separate law needed to fight honour killings, panel says

NEW DELHI: A high-level committee on status of women sought a separate law to punish those involved in honour killings. It also urged that the next round of data collection by the National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) should also have figures on violence against women. The 14-member committee, which submitted its preliminary report to women .. read more

UK police fail to record ‘honour’ crimes, put women at risk-report

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – More than one in five police forces in Britain are failing to record cases of ‘honour’-based violence, and this is putting lives in danger, a women’s rights charity said in a report published on Thursday. Many police officers still do not understand the ‘honour’ system, which punishes women and girls .. read more

Three men confess to honour killing

MADURAI: After the father and two relatives of a girl, who allegedly murdered her husband, surrendered on Friday in Tuticorin district, a man-missing case was altered to a murder case. The case refers to the killing of Sriram, 24, by his wife’s relatives, police said. The girl, 19-year-old Sonia, is the daughter of Isakkimuthu, a .. read more

New Afghanistan law to silence victims of violence against women

A new Afghan law will allow men to attack their wives, children and sisters without fear of judicial punishment, undoing years of slow progress in tackling violence in a country blighted by so-called “honour” killings, forced marriage and vicious domestic abuse. The small but significant change to Afghanistan’s criminal prosecution code bans relatives of an accused person .. read more

Man hacked to death in India ‘honour killing’

A 20-year-old Indian man has been hacked to death, allegedly by members of his girlfriend’s family, police in the state of Uttar Pradesh say. Police said they were treating the killing of the man, known only as Subhash, as an “honour killing”. His girlfriend’s mother and brother were arrested, while a third relative is still .. read more

Honour killing: Youth, friend hanged to death

In an apparent incident of honour killing, two youths were allegedly hanged to death in Muhammadpur Khala area in the district, police said today. According to police, Anil’s (22) father Ram Shankar Yadav alleged that he was killed over love affair with the daughter of a person of Sohai village. Bodies of Anil and his .. read more