honour killings

True honour: family’s long fight for justice after killing

MORE than a dozen inspirational people were honoured in Islington this week. All made a contribution to helping the victims and survivors of ‘honour’-based violence in the UK. The Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation – a national charity based in the south of the borough – invited 13  people to its headquarters for the .. read more

India and Pakistan Account For 2000 Honour Killings Every Year

Honour killing is the murder of a person accused of bringing shame upon his or her family. Out of the 5000 honour killings that occur internationally each year, about 1000 happen in India, and 1000 take place in Pakistan, according to international digital resource centre Honour Based Violence Awareness (HBVA). However, where the central criminal .. read more

Forum meets in Newport over forced marriage bill

AGENCIES from across South Wales gathered in Newport yesterday to discuss the changes in the law surrounding the criminalisation of forced marriage and how best to support victims. Under current law, forced marriage in England and Wales is not a specific criminal offence. But the Government has introduced clauses in the Anti-social Behaviour Crime and .. read more

Kenya: Girl Seeks Help Over Forced Marriage

A 14-year-old girl Pili Mamyiai Kalea who escaped being married off while in standard six at Macknnon in Kinango wants well-wishers to help her. Kalea is said to have ran away from her home and hid at Nyango area three years ago after learning that her parents were planning to marry her off. She was .. read more

The growing problem of forced marriages in the US

In September 2013, Sarah Fournier, then a journalism master’s student at New York University, was looking for a subject to explore for her investigative journalism class. Interested in women’s issues, she thought of one of her previous interviews: an American woman of Indian descent who was forced to marry against her will. Angered that his daughter .. read more

Honour killing as way of life

A mother in Azad Kashmir has joined her husband in killing their 15-year-old daughter by dousing her with acid after seeing her talking to a young man. Her elder sister, less moved by a false sense of honour and more concerned about the crime her parents had committed, has demanded police investigation into the murder which .. read more

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Sister of Brit-Pakistani 'honour killing' victim spared jail after helping in parents' conviction

London, Nov. 17 (ANI): Sister of British-Pakistani honour killing victim Shafilea Ahmed was spared a jail sentence over ‘mercy’ after being accused of organising a robbery. Alesha Ahmed pleaded guilty to helping to organise an armed raid at her parents’ home in Warrington, Cheshire, in August 2010. But, it was during questioning about the robbery that Alesha, now 24, revealed .. read more

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In Sukkur, a separate graveyard for the ‘dishonourable’ ones

SUKKUR: For some of the deceased in Sindh, there are no prayers for a peaceful afterlife and no on comes to put flowers on their graves. Those slain for honour are not spared even in death. There is a separate graveyard for those killed under the pretext of karo-kari (honour killing) called ‘karan jo qabrustan’ .. read more

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Two women among 3 killed for ‘honour’

PESHAWAR, Sept 30: Three people, including two women of a family, were killed in Mathra village, in suspected honour-related case late on Saturday night. Police, however, said they were further investigating the case. They said that police had found bodies of Ms Shama, her mother Ms Tasleem and a man identified as Afrad Khan. Officials .. read more

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Oct
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Egypt’s rise in honor killings sparks regional debate

CAIRO and AMMAN: Her eyes begin to tear up even before any words are released from her lips. As she puts down her tea onto the handmade wooden table, the marks where other glasses had sat shows the wear the corner has weathered. Sarah is a 23-year-old university graduate from Aswan. She is Christian. But .. read more

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Oct
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