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19-year-old Gaza girl murdered in 'honor killing,' says rights groups
A 19-year-old girl was murdered overnight in a refugee camp in Gaza City by her brother and father in an apparent “honor killing,” a Palestinian rights groups said on Wednesday. In a statement, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) said that the body of the girl, identified only by the initials “WMQ,” arrived at .. read more
Jul
Afghan teen murder spotlights growing violence against women
(Reuters) – Pressing her cheek against the fresh grave of her newly married teenage daughter, Sabera yowls as she gently smears clumps of dirt over her tear-stained face. “My daughter! Why did they kill you so brutally?” the mother screams in the sparsely filled cemetery in Parwan province, 65 km (40 miles) north of the .. read more
Jul
Father and son beaten, crushed under tractor
Now there’s been an honour killing in Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav’s own backyard. A hair-raising incident of daylight murder has been reported in Etawah, the CM’s home town, where some members of the Thakur community allegedly killed a Dalit father-son duo over a love affair. Though the incident occurred on Saturday, it came .. read more
Jul
Petition launched to address Turkish ‘honour killings’
A petition has been started to lobby Turkey’s president to address the ‘honour killings’ of gay and transgender people in his country. President Abdullah Gul is being petitioned to act against the “systematic violence and discrimination faced by Turkey’s LGBT community”, the petition organiser said. The Care2 petition’s sponsor, Omar Kuddus, told PinkNews.co.uk he was .. read more
Jul
‘Panchayat raj’ and a woman stoned
The Supreme Court has taken suo-motu notice of another horrendous panchayat crime in Punjab and found that the police were inclined to ignore the criminality of the local so-called council of elders, which was dictated by a local strongman. The case is related to the stoning to death of a woman at Chak 15 in .. read more
Jul
Rein in khaps, prevent honour killings: SC panel
Local police and district administration should initiate preventive steps to ensure khap panchayats are not held in villages to issue diktats curbing individual freedom, recommends a report submitted to the Supreme Court on Monday. Senior advocate Raju Ramachandran, appointed by SC to assist the court on a public interest litigation (PIL) against khap panchayats, has also called .. read more
Jul
Honour Killings On The Rise In Afghanistan
Afghan teen murder spotlights growing violence against women (Reuters) – Pressing her cheek against the fresh grave of her newly married teenage daughter, Sabera yowls as she gently smears clumps of dirt over her tear-stained face. “My daughter! Why did they kill you so brutally?” the mother screams in the sparsely filled cemetery in Parwan .. read more
Shafilea Ahmed's mother admits she saw husband attacking daughter
Shafilea Ahmed’s mother admits she saw husband attacking daughter in ‘significant development’ A mother accused of killing her daughter has dramatically changed her defence to admit that she had found her husband attacking the teenager on the night she disappeared. By Nigel Bunyan: 5:35PM BST 09 Jul 2012 Farzana Ahmed, 49, had claimed that nothing untoward had .. read more
Bradford honour crime
THREE family members, who kidnapped and drugged a young Asian woman in an honour based crime, have been convicted at court. Mother Shamim Akhtar, 56, of Kirkwall Drive, Bradford was today found guilty of false imprisonment, kidnap and two counts of administering a drug with intent to commit an indictable offence after a four week .. read more
Jul
Punjab sees second honour killing in a week
CHANDIGARH: In the second honour killing in Punjab in a week’s time, a man murdered his daughter and her lover and buried their bodies near the Satluj in Buhhathad village in Taran Taran district of the state. Gurpreet Kaur, 21, and her lover Harjeet Singh, 24, were murdered on June 13 allegedly by the girl’s father .. read more
Jun
