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Honour killings, girls with guns and female mps: is iraq still a man’s world?
In some parts of Iraq there are whole military forces made up of females. In others, a young girl is killed by her uncle because she is suspected of having pre-marital sex. Niqash spoke to three prominent Iraqi women about women’s rights in Iraq today. The Iraqi Constitution says men and women are equal in .. read more
Jan
Man murdered in Haryana, 2 held for ‘honour killing’
A 40-yaar-old man was brutally murdered by three persons of his village in a case of suspected honour killing in Bhiwani district of Haryana. Two of the three accused — Praveen and his cousin Suprasidh — were arrested on Sunday. The third, Praveen’s father Jagat Singh, is missing. During preliminary interrogation, the accused reportedly confessed .. read more
Jan
Eight of family booked in suspected case of honour killing
Muzaffarnagar: In a suspected case of honour killing, a probe has been ordered against eight members of a family of a girl who was allegedly killed after she refused to remarry, police said Friday. The incident occurred in October when one Sangita was found hanging at her parents’ house, they said, adding that the complaint .. read more
Jan
Chargesheet in Rohtak honour killings names girl’s parents, brother
The Haryana police submitted a chargesheet against six people on Wednesday in the three-month-old “honour killing” case in Gharnavati village of Rohtak district in which a runaway couple, Nidhi and Dharmender, were allegedly killed by girl’s parents. In the chargesheet submitted in the court of Judicial Magistrate, Rohtak district courts, all six accused have been .. read more
Jan
Anatomy of an ‘honour’ killing: Why a Palestinian community demanded a father murder his divorced daughter
Thamar Zeidan was murdered by her father when he choked her to death as she took an afternoon nap in their small, conservative West Bank village. “Honour crimes” are rarely talked about in Palestinian society, but Ms. Zeidan’s mother and sister have gone public to highlight the case and reveal the immense pressure her father .. read more
Jan
‘Honour killing’ triggers violence in Karnal
Reports of the death of a 23-year-old man triggered clashes is Kutel village of Karnal district in Haryana. Uneasy calm prevailed on Wednesday with heavy police deployment in the village. As news of a suspected “honour killing” of Ravinder (23) spread, his relatives and friends went on a rampage and allegedly vandalised a religious place, .. read more
Jan
Youth detained for marrying minor girl
A case of kidnap of a minor girl and forced marriage was registered by the S.S. Colony police here on Saturday. Based on a complaint from the girl’s father, Alagarsami of S.S Colony, Commissioner of Police Sanjay Mathur had directed the police to register the case. Preliminary inquiries revealed that Alagarsami’s relatives forced him to .. read more
Jan
Signed up for work, forced into marriage
An NGO is working to free two Cambodian women forced into marriage in China, a representative of the organisation said yesterday. Huy Pichsovann, program officer at the Community Legal Education Center (CLEC), said that the two women, aged 22 and 27, were enticed from their Kampong Cham homes in March to accept work in Shanghai. .. read more
Jan
Federal government funding Ottawa project to end ‘honour-based’ violence
The federal government said Tuesday it is funding a research project at a rape crisis centre in Ottawa to help understand and prevent the “heinous” crime of honour-based violence. In Ottawa, the euphemistically labeled “honour killing” concept turned into a horrifying reality in 2006 when Hasibullah Sadiqi shot to death his sister and her fiancée. .. read more
Jan
Cultural fears hinder war on ‘honour’ killing, says film-maker
Political correctness is hampering the fight against so-called honour-based violence in Britain, a campaigner has warned. Deeyah Khan, whose documentary about the victim of an “honour” killing from London recently won an Emmy, called for the police to set up a specialist unit to deal with the problem. The UK-based film-maker, whose parents are from .. read more
Jan
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