Honor Crimes in the Middle East
"Honor killing" is the term used to describe murders of mostly women committed by their family members for supposedly "dishonoring" the family by their behavior. "Honor killings" happen all over the world, but are most common in the Middle East and Southeast Asia. The practice of "honor killings" existed in ancient times and continues to this day despite religious prohibitions. More
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Symbol against 'honor crimes' gives birth - CNN.com
07 Dec 19:05A Pakistani woman whose gang rape made international headlines nine years ago has given birth for the first time.
'Honour' crimes against women in UK rising rapidly, figures show | UK news | The Guardian
05 Dec 08:05Statistics from police forces detailing numbers of crimes planned and carried out by families or communities reveals 47% rise
Mathlouma - Female victims of injustice
23 Mar 14:54Mathlouma was conceived as a forum to discuss so-called "honor crimes" based on a project carried out by the Information and Research Center of the King Hussein Foundation (IRC)
English :: 46 Women Killed for "Honour" in 2010 - Bianet
17 Mar 11:16According to a report of the Human Rights Association, 46 women were killed by men in 2010 for reasons of "honour". 281 women and children applied ...
Article 98 Not License to Kill? Well Then, Let’s Do Something About It! | my treasure
10 Feb 10:15← Indonesia Could Learn From Egypt Lashed to Death For Adultery at 14 Years Old → February 10, 2011 · 7:52 am ↓ Jump to Comments Article 98 Not Lic...
BBC News - Why a father killed his daughter who was 'too western'
08 Feb 10:18British Broadcasting CorporationHome
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NoHonor
27 Dec 15:43إن "الشرف" اليوم جرح عميق في كياننا: مفهوم خلقي اضطهد (إجتماعيا وقضائيا) ليبرر أبشع أشكال العنف. تقدر الجهات المختصة أن 20 - 25 فتاة اردنية...
Crimes of Honour
08 Dec 02:38Crimes of Honour: Filmed in Jordan and on the West Bank, investigates the terrible reality of femicide - the killing of sisters or daughters suspected of losing their virginity, for having refused an arranged marriage or having left a husband.
Barbaric 'honour killings' become the weapon to subjugate women in Iraq - Middle East, World - The Independent
08 Dec 02:38At first glance Shawbo Ali Rauf appears to be slumbering on the grass, her pale brown curls framing her face, her summer skirt spread about her. But the awkward position of her limbs and the splattered blood reveal the true horror of the scene.
Reputation Is Everything: Honor Killings Among the Palestinians
08 Dec 02:37If a woman brings shame to the family--through allegations of premarital or extramarital sex, by refusing an arranged marriage, or attempting to obtain a divorce--her male relatives are bound by duty and culture to murder her.
Prime Minister of Jordan's view on honor crimes in the country.
الضحية 12 لعام 2010 ... ساعدونا في الكشف عن اسمها/هويتها - لا شرف في الجريمة
06 Dec 15:34قتلت صباح اليوم طفلة لم تكمل عامها ال-16 على أيدي والدها الذي قتلها إنتقاما من نفسه بعد أن إعتدى عليها جنسيا ... وكانت الضحية قد شكت...
Honor killings
05 Dec 06:20
Honour killings in the Palestinian Territories: tradition, not Islam | Near East Quarterly
05 Dec 06:16Ruba Saqr is a Jordanian journalist and columnist who has written about environmental and developmental concerns in the Levant, women and alternative music, and Sufism. She is a former managing editor of Forward Magazine (Syria) and Venture Magazine...
Women’s Voices Now Film Festival: Is This Honor?
21 Nov 11:58(2010) Shedding light on the definition of
Egypt: Honor killing hits Alexandria | Stop honour killings!
20 Nov 15:49The Amereya police deportment in Alexandria arrested three men from the same family and accused them of murdering two of the mens’ sister and dumping the body in the sewage after hearing rumors about her.
Robert Fisk: The crimewave that shames the world - Robert Fisk, Commentators - The Independent
20 Nov 15:48It is a tragedy, a horror, a crime against humanity. The details of the murders – of the women beheaded, burned to death, stoned to death, stabbed, electrocuted, strangled and buried alive
Jordan | Honor Killings
20 Nov 15:46Honor killing in Jordan means a jail cell finally. Men who kill Jordanian women face tough sentences. Convicted murderers used to get three-month jail terms.
Kurdish honour killing
20 Nov 15:29
Are Honour Killings a Socially Accepted Practice in Jordan?
20 Nov 15:27Read here to learn about real life examples of honour killings, Jordanian activists opposed to the practice, and how the government has responded to them.
“Honor killings” of Middle Eastern women leave them fighting for rights - News — RT
20 Nov 15:25Every year, over 5000 women are killed in "honor killings" in the Middle East, according to UN estimates. The extreme tradition is practiced in some Muslim societies if a woman is accused of bringing shame to her family.
Honour Killings: Turkey
20 Nov 15:23
The Problem of Honor Killings :: Middle East Forum
20 Nov 15:22A recent report by Robert Fisk in the Independent on the subject of honor killings throughout the world should highlight the need to address the prevalence of this barbaric custom. Fisk notes that many women's rights groups suspect that the number of
IRIN Middle East | IRAQ: “Honour killings” persist in Kurdish north | Iraq | Gender Issues | Human Rights
20 Nov 15:21At least 27 Iraqi Kurdish women have been murdered for having illicit affairs in so-called “honour killings” in Iraq’s northern semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan over the past four months, an official from the regional government said on 4...
Was Ahmet Yildiz the victim of Turkey's first gay honour killing? - Europe, World - The Independent
20 Nov 15:19In a corner of Istanbul today, the man who might be described as Turkey's gay poster boy will be buried – a victim, his friends believe, of the country's deepening friction between an increasingly liberal society and its entrenched conservative...
Reuters AlertNet - JORDAN: Special report on honour killings
20 Nov 15:19It was the case of a 16-year-old Jordanian girl in 1994, killed at the hands of her brother because she had been raped by another brother, which led Rana Husseini to campaign actively for the prevention of honour killings.
Abu-Ghanem women speak out against serial 'honor killings' - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
20 Nov 15:16Eighth such murder in family causes female members to cooperate with police, authorities.
Everywoman - Honour Killings - Part 1
20 Nov 15:01
Honour Killings - Jordan
20 Nov 15:00
BBC NEWS | Middle East | Honour crime fear of Syria women
20 Nov 13:51Seventeen-year-old Bushra is too scared to give her real name. She talks in a low, trembling voice, her face full of fear.
France24 - Egyptian bride murdered by disapproving family: security
20 Nov 13:49A teenage bride has been beaten and stabbed to death by brothers and an uncle after she married against the family's wishes, a security official said on Wednesday.
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