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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
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
