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MARDAN – Honour killing claimed two lives in the limits of Katlang Police Station here on Monday late, police sources said. They said that the accused identified as Sardar Hussain son of Sher Mohammad, resident of Chapalabad Ghundo opened firing at his sister-in-law Bakhat Saniya wife of Mohammad Hussain, and her alleged paramour Fazl-e-Amin son .. read more
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VANCOUVER — A judge has delayed releasing his decision on whether the mother and uncle of a B.C. woman who police believe was murdered in a so-called “honour killing” will be extradited to India. Jaswinder (Jassi) Sidhu was found stabbed to death in Punjab in June 2000, and her mother, Malkit Kaur Sidhu, and uncle, .. read more
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In yet another case of suspected honour killing, a 22-year-old woman was brutally murdered by her in-laws who force-fed her poison after tying her up. According to police, Boobathi, daughter of Chellapillai from Pudukottai, belonging to the Udayar community, fell in love with Satish Kumar, son of Kannan from the Thevar community in Bodinayakanur, while .. read more
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With his debut feature Honour – starring Paddy Considine and Aiysha Hart – out now in cinemas across Britain, we had the distinct pleasure of discussing the project with the film’s writer and director, Shan Khan. The film tackles the themes of honour killing, as we delve into the life of a young girl (Hart), .. read more
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A programme to tackle forced marriage and “honour” based abuse has been launched by an East Midlands further education college. Derby College is working with charity Karma Nirvana to train personal coaches and “safeguarding officers” to recognise and deal with the issue. Karma Nirvana has campaigned to make forced marriage a crime. The college will .. read more
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Abdul Vijad, who lives in Manor Park, held the seminar at the College’s East Ham Campus as part of his Citizenship GCSE. Abdul, who was born in India, says he chose to invite speakers to discuss female genital mutilation (FGM) and forced marriage because they affect the lives of many young people. He said: “We .. read more
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WASHINGTON: An estimated one thousand Christian and Hindu women are forced to convert and marry Muslim men in Pakistan every year, says a report released on Monday. According to a report by the Movement for Solidarity and Peace in Pakistan, up to 700 of these women are Christian and 300 are Hindu. “The true scale .. read more
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Kano: A child bride forced into marriage in Nigeria killed her groom and three of his friends with a poisoned meal, police said on Thursday. Fourteen-year-old Wasila Umaru was married last week to 35-year-old Umaru Sani, according to assistant superintendent Musa Magaji Majia. Over the weekend, the groom invited a dozen friends to celebrate at .. read more
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Most would agree that with a women murdered every six days in Canada, we need to address gendered violence in all its forms. This cannot be done, tempting and reassuring as it might be, by simplistically attributing the problem to one religious group to the exclusion of others. In the Clarion Project’s latest documentary titled Honour .. read more
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A survey conducted by the Women in Law and Development in Africa (WiLDAF) Ghana has shown the country has one of the highest child marriage occurrence rates in the world. The survey showed that one out of four girls would be married before their 18th birthday. Additionally, the Ghana Demographic and Health Survey in 2008 .. read more
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