honour

The issue of forced marriages is back in the spotlight in Australia.

The issue of forced marriages is back in the spotlight in Australia, following reports that an imam in NSW allegedly married a 12-year-old girl to a 26-year-old man. The imam’s been charged with solemnisation of a marriage by an unauthorised person, while the 26-year-old has been charged with multiple counts of having sex with a .. read more

Sydney husband of 14-year-old who was raped after a forced marriage looks set to escape punishment

EXCLUSIVE: THE husband of a 14-year-old who was repeatedly raped after a forced marriage looks set to escape punishment. Details of the case surfaced after the victim, who is now 25 years old, fought in October to have her arranged husband — a western Sydney drug gang member — banned from seeing their daughter. The .. read more

Teen faces deportation and forced marriage

A 16-year-old Pakistani girl looks set to be deported from Sweden despite threats of genital mutilation and an arranged marriage on her return home. Kainat Syeda has been residing in the Stockholm suburb Rinkeby for the past three years, and has made repeated attempts to extend her stay to the The Migration Court of Appeals. .. read more

Forced marriage still an inssue in Pakistan

Two years ago, when she got home from school in Madyan, Pakistan, this little girl learnt her father had offered her in marriage — to a stranger. She was only five years old at the time. SOUNDBITE 1 – Saneeda, Victim of forced marriage: “Whenever I go to school, children taunt me and tell me .. read more

‘500 women, girls killed for honour every year in country’

LAHORE: Around 500 women and girls become victims of ‘honour killing’ across the country every year; thus making Pakistan one of world’s most dangerous countries for women. This was stated by Dr Muazzam Nasrullah, a public health specialist teaching at the Emory and West Virginia University, USA, during a lecture on ‘honour killings’ at the .. read more

Man sentenced to death in honour killing case in Saharanpur

Terming it “a rarest of the rare case”, a sessions court in Saharanpur district has sentenced a 28-year-old man to death in connection with a honour killing case. The Additional District Sessions judge Ram Kesh Singh found Bhura guilty of murdering his sister Mohbina (24) and her lover Ashvani (26) in Kolakheri Village in Saharanpur district .. read more

Court reopens Kohistan ‘honour killing’ case

ISLAMABAD: A judge re-examining allegations of a mass “honour killing” on Tuesday ordered the case reopened, a lawyer involved in the case said. Five women from the remote northern region of Kohistan were allegedly killed by their families in 2012 after they were filmed on a cellphone clapping and singing in a house with two .. read more

Pakistani judge reopens 2012 “honour killing” case

* Five women allegedly killed for singing with boys * Investigators decided crime never happened * Judge orders women to attend court By Katharine Houreld ISLAMABAD, Feb 11 (Reuters) – A Pakistani judge re-examining allegations of a mass “honour killing” on Tuesday ordered the case reopened, a lawyer involved in the case said. Five women .. read more

Lessons from the Shafia Mass Honor Killing

During the AHA Foundation’s Third Annual Conference on Honor Violence, Forced Marriage, and Female Genital Mutilation, held in December of 2013 in New York City, an impressive host of speakers engaged a large crowd of activists, teachers, doctors, academics, and lawyers. The keynote presentation was “Profile of A (Mass) Honor Killing: The Shafia Family Murders,” .. read more

Forced marriage fear of Preston girl flown to Pakistan

A teenage girl missing since she flew to Pakistan with her younger sisters may have been forced to marry, a High Court judge has heard. Alyssa Din, 16, and her sisters Safia, five, and Amani, four – all from Preston – have been missing since flying to Karachi via Islamabad in October. Their parents Ilyas .. read more