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Honour killing: Three killed, one injured
HANGU: In an apparent case of honour killing, three people were gunned down while another person was injured in Badama area of central Kurram Agency on Thursday. An official of the political administration said that a dispute occurred between the families of Sher Ali and Zarmat Khan. Zarmat refused to give his daughter in marriage .. read more
Oct
'They're following me': chilling words of girl who was 'honour killing' victim
The murder of Banaz Mahmod by her family in 2006 shocked the country. A documentary now tells her story. On police videotape, a 19-year-old girl named those she believed had intended to kill her. They would try again, she said. “People are following me, still they are following me. At any time, if anything happens to .. read more
Sep
Honor killings on the rise in West Bank; Palestinian Authority calls for culture change
RAMALLAH — The Palestinian Authority has reported an increase in the killing of Arab women by their relatives in the West Bank. Officials have reported a campaign to influence Palestinians to oppose so-called honor killings, the targeting of women accused of sexual misbehavior, according to a special report released by Palestinian Media Watch. The officials .. read more
Sep
Man kills daughter near Hoshiarpur
In a suspected case of honour killing, a young woman, who married against the wishes of her family, was allegedly killed by her father and his aide in the district, police said on Tuesday. Bhupinderjit Kaur(22), daughter of Makhan Singh of Dhiangarh village fell in love with Manjinder Singh, a folk singer of Salempur village, .. read more
'Honour crime' awareness tackled by Surrey Police
Police in Surrey want to encourage more people to report crimes which have been committed to protect or defend the honour of a family or community. Surrey Police said 66 cases of so-called honour crime were reported in 2011 and between January and August 2012 there were 60 reported cases. The force added that 20 .. read more
Sep
Sisterhood
Joanne Payton Co-founder of HBVA and works with Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation and International Campaign Against Honour Killings. Yesterday, Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed were sentenced to life for the murder of their daughter Shafilea after a trial lasting four months. They considered Shafilea too ‘westernised’, particularly when she refused to marry .. read more
Brother kills sister ‘for honour’
Rawalpindi: In an episode of honour killing, a young man riddled his sister with bullets at his house in Chak Baili Khan, on the outskirts of Rawalpindi, and fled away, the police spokesman said. The police have taken up the case and shifted the dead body to the District Headquarters Hospital for autopsy. The police .. read more
Jul
‘Honour’ crime: 10th class girl, 11th class boy found killed
MULTAN: A boy and a girl were found killed on Wednesday in Jahanian, a sub district of Khanewal. The two were accused of having eloped on Tuesday night. Police have arrested the girl’s brother, Waqas, and her uncle, Mulazim Hussain, on a complaint by the boy’s brother, Khalid. Some other members of the girl’s family, .. read more
Jul
Honour killing rocks capital
ISLAMABAD, July 19: A man allegedly murdered his sister in the name of honour in capital’s rural area. According to police, the accused was upset over his sister’s secret marriage. The incident took place at Satti Town located in Kirpa where the brother in a fit of rage allegedly shot Motia Bibi 19, dead when .. read more
Jul
Man charged with murder in 'honour killing' of daughter
(MENAFN – Jordan Times) Criminal Court Prosecutor Fawaz Ghreir on Tuesday charged a 60-year-old man with the premeditated murder of his divorced daughter a day earlier in an Amman suburb, sources close to the investigation said. The suspect, a grocer, allegedly stabbed his 25-year-old daughter seven times at his home at 8:00am on Monday, according .. read more
Jul
