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Honor Killing in India shocks many, raises fears
NEW DELHI: The murder of a 17-year-old India girl by her father over an alleged affair has highlighted the fears among women’s rights advocates in the country that honor killings are on the rise. The girl police said, was strangled to death by her father after he discovered she was having an affair with a .. read more
Jun
BROTHER KILLS SISTER FOR HONOUR IN UDHAMPUR
Udhampur, June 12: A youth was arrested by the police, here today, for allegedly killing his elder sister because of her relationship with a boy. Police said that the preliminary investigation into a mysterious murder of Ushad Devi alias Neetu of Thatti Pathwad village of this district pointed out that it was a case of .. read more
Jun
A boy and a girl were killed and buried in Chowk Korona when they were allegedly found together.
PESHAWAR: A boy and a girl were killed and buried in Chowk Korona when they were allegedly found together. DSP Daudzai Sahibzada Sajjad told The Express Tribune that they were informed about the incident and the location where the bodies were buried secretly. Sajjad said that an FIR was registered against the alleged brothers of the .. read more
Jun
Dear mother
Joanne Payton Co-founder of HBVA and works with Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation and International Campaign Against Honour Killings. As a crime where the majority of victims are women, there is an obvious gender basis to Honour Based Violence (HBV). But we need to be careful about oversimplifying HBV as if all .. read more
The language of ‘honour’
Joanne Payton Co-founder of HBVA and works with Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation and International Campaign Against Honour Killings. The terms ‘honour’ killing and ‘honour’-based violence (HBV) as they are used in the English speaking world have often been criticised. The criticism relates to two main points, firstly that ‘honour’ has positive connotations .. read more
Jun
‘Honour’ and Women’s Rights – South Asian Perspectives’
‘Patriarchal mindset is to blame for honour killings’ Fighting the scourge of honour killing is a constant political struggle against the patriarchal set-up which we (the people of South Asia) inherited from history, said veteran Indian journalist and human rights activist Jatin Desai on Sunday. He was speaking at the launching ceremony of the .. read more
May
Man kills sister for ‘honour’
In a case of honour killing, agriculture extension officer Lalita, 29, was killed by her brother Gangaiah at Neravada village in Kadapa district as she wanted to marry a man from another caste. In a case of honour killing, agriculture extension officer Lalita, 29, was killed by her brother Gangaiah at Neravada village in Kadapa .. read more
Dalit youth, victim of honour killing
In yet another case of suspected honour killing, the Tirunelveli district police on Friday arrested four persons on charges of murdering a Dalit youth who fell in love with a caste Hindu girl. According to police sources, S. Elango (25) of Periyar Nagar in Erode was invited for a discussion by his girlfriend’s maternal uncle .. read more
‘Patriarchal mindset is to blame for honour killings’
Fighting the scourge of honour killing is a constant political struggle against the patriarchal set-up which we (the people of South Asia) inherited from history, said veteran Indian journalist and human rights activist Jatin Desai on Sunday. He was speaking at the launching ceremony of the book ‘Honour’ and Women’s Rights – South Asian Perspectives’, .. read more
May
Defendant admits sister's 'honour killing' in German trial
Fighting the scourge of honour killing is a constant political struggle against the patriarchal set-up which we (the people of South Asia) inherited from history, said veteran Indian journalist and human rights activist Jatin Desai on Sunday. He was speaking at the launching ceremony of the book ‘Honour’ and Women’s Rights – South Asian Perspectives’, .. read more
May
