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‘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
Man kills daughter over affair, confesses
In the first reported case of honour killing in Indore, a man strangled his daughter after failing to convince her against eloping with her boyfriend, walked to the police station and “confessed” to the crime during the early hours of Sunday. Police said Shivnarayan Verma (45), a boiler operator in a factory, killed his daughter .. read more
24 honour killings in February
Cases of honour-killings were more widespread in February this year against the preceding month as 24 cases were reported in 16 districts against 19 recorded in 12 districts in January, says a report compiled by Free and Fair Election Network (Fafen). The report, which was released on Friday, said that despite government’s efforts to eradicate .. read more
Second suspect arrested in teen stabbing case
Another person has been arrested in the investigation of the Landskrona killing on Monday in southern Sweden, where a 19-year-old woman was stabbed to death. “This is a woman born in 1973. She was apprehended at 6pm on Wednesday and was formally arrested at 8.45pm,” said police spokesperson Eva-Lotta Hermansson Truedsson to news agency TT. .. read more
New suspect arrested in Landskrona honour killing investigation
After a young Landskrona woman was stabbed to death Monday in what is suspected of being an honour-related killing, organisations are questioning whether enough was done to protect the 19-year-old. On Monday a 19-year-old Landskrona woman was found stabbed to death in her apartment. Police are holding a 16-year-old boy, a relative of the victim’s .. read more
May
‘Honour’ killing?: Mysterious death of a teenage girl baffles police, rights activist
The death of a teenage girl by her six-year-old sisterin Bhonja village raised quite a few questions by human rights activists on Tuesday. While the 14-year-old girl’s father claims that she was shot dead by her sister who was cleaning her father’s 12-bore licensed shotgun”by accident,” human rights activists say they are not ready to .. read more
May
Man kills teen daughter for dating 'low caste' boy
The accused banged the 19-year-old girl’s head repeatedly against the wall when he found her meeting his 21-yr-old paying guest secretly at night, against his wishes. In a fit of rage, a man killed his 19-year-old daughter in Govandi on Sunday, for having slighted his ‘honour’ by involving herself in a romantic affair with a .. read more
May
Mother, daughter held for honor killing
Chennai: In a case of honor killing, a sexagenarian and her daughter were arrested after being charged with murder of her granddaughter, four years ago in a village in Tamil Nadu. The ‘upper caste’ Hindu woman was enraged over her granddaughter Thiruchelvi eloping with a dalit Christian in June 2008 in Paramakudi village in Ramanathapuram district. .. read more
May
Mother arrested for honour killing in Patna
PATNA: In a suspected honour killing, a woman strangled to death her daughter for having married against her wishes in Patna. The mother was arrested Sunday. Naznin Bano alias Rani, 22, a MSc (Bio-tech) student of commerce college, was found dead at her abandoned residence located on the outskirts Badi Khagaul here on Friday. The .. read more
May
