International: International Campaign Against Honour Killings
Posted by Ginger on Wednesday, September 05, 2007 (12:56:46) (644 reads)

Over 5000 women and girls are killed every year by family members in so-called 'honour killings', according to the UN. These crimes occur where cultures believe that a woman's unsanctioned sexual behaviour brings such shame on the family that any female accused or suspected must be murdered. Reasons for these murders can be as trivial as talking to a man, or as innocent as suffering rape.

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Jordan: Jordan police questions family members over new "crime of honour"
Posted by Joanne_Jowan on Friday, May 09, 2008 (13:33:20) (14 reads)

Amman - The Jordanian authorities are questioning a 22-year- old man, who allegedly killed his pregnant married sister for reasons related to family honour, the Jordan Times reported Friday, quoting official sources.

The 20-year-old victim, who was not identified by officials, received three fatal bullets to the side of her head, reportedly by her brother, at her in-law's house in western Amman Wednesday night.

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Pakistan: HRW: Periodical review of Pakistan
Posted by Joanne_Jowan on Friday, May 09, 2008 (08:09:41) (44 reads)

From Section 4: Women

Violence against women and girls, including domestic violence, rape, “honor killings,” acid attacks, and forced marriages, remain serious problems in Pakistan. Precise figures on gender-based violence are difficult to obtain, but estimates range from 50-90 percent of women experiencing some form of violence. Survivors of violence encounter unresponsiveness and hostility at each level of the criminal justice system, from police who fail to register or investigate cases of gender-based violence to judges with little training or commitment to women’s equal rights. According to Pakistan's Interior Ministry, there have been more than 4,100 “honor killings” since 2001. However, provisions of the Qisas and Diyat law which allow the next of kin to “forgive” the murderer in exchange for monetary compensation remain in force, and continue to be used by offenders to escape punishment in cases of so-called honor killings. Such laws which in effect allow men to pay to kill women act as no deterrent to those who would engage in so-called honor killings.

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Britain: Help stop deportation of gay Azerbaijani man
Posted by Joanne_Jowan on Tuesday, May 06, 2008 (13:18:35) (87 reads)

Babakhan Badalov, (Babi) is an openly gay, internationally renowned radical artist and poet from Azerbaijan. His art and poetry have been explicitly critical of the government and present/past presidents. These factors have led Babi to become a target of repression and persecution over many years. He has recently been described by the government and prominent public figures as being a traitor to Azerbaijan.
Because of his sexuality and the radical nature of his creative activities, he has endured government-led suppression from the Ministry of National Security (MNS - Azerbaijan's modern-day version of the KGB), together with physical and mental abuse from other sectors of society. All this has taken place in a Muslim country, where homosexuality remains an extremely taboo subject. This led one of Babi's brothers to threaten to kill him because of the shame, which he has brought on the family.

As a result of beatings and bullying over the years Babi has only eight teeth remaining and suffers from a number of mental health problems - such as anxiety and panic-attacks, suicidal tendencies, together with insomnia and a general feeling of depression.

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Britain: Doctor faces 'honour' killing in Pakistan
Posted by Joanne_Jowan on Monday, May 05, 2008 (10:38:00) (152 reads)

A DOCTOR living in Wales has gone into hiding in her native Pakistan after being forced to leave the UK because she was disowned by the man she married.

Dr A, who cannot be named for legal reasons, fears she could be the victim of a so-called honour killing if her husband’s relatives find her.

The medical professional moved to Britain intending to make a fresh start working in the NHS following the break-up of her first marriage. Before she could do that, however, she needed to pass a test proving her English language and medical skills were up to the required standard.

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India: Girl gets mother killed to save honour
Posted by Kawthar on Monday, May 05, 2008 (06:52:54) (90 reads)

MUKTSAR (India): This is one area that could have done without gender equality. Honour killing, hitherto the domain of angry males, now has in 20-year-old Veer Pal Kaur its first woman trigger.

The girl planned her mother’s murder and hired two contract killers for the job who eliminated Mohinder Kaur (45) in Malout town here on Saturday.

Veer Pal was incensed over her mother’s "illicit relationships" with two men who would frequent the house, with one of them routinely staying back with her overnight.

A source said Veer Pal decided on extreme action when, despite repeated suggestions and warnings, Mohinder continued with her liasions without a thought to the family’s prestige.

During police interrogation, it was revealed that the girl hired two persons and promised to pay them Rs 1 lakh to get her mother killed.

Times of India

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Syria: Ten days: four reports of 'honour' killings
Posted by Joanne_Jowan on Sunday, May 04, 2008 (23:26:05) (177 reads)

Syria-news.com have run four stories relating to 'honour' killings in just 10 days.

1. In Aleppo, Khalidiya, 23 years old and a mother of two was strangled to death by her brother Khaled who suspected her of having a relationship with another man
2. In Lathqia, a man was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for the murder by shooting of his sister. The court made this decision based on a coroner's report stating that the victim's hymen was intact. He said had been told that his sister had been concealing a pregnancy for seven months.
3. A 15 year old boy called MD shot and killed his sister ZN, who was 20 years old, in the village of Jubania, Qaseer, west Humms. She had been in a relationship with MH and had become pregnant, so the killer is unlikely to face any severe penalty.
4. Four members of the same family have been arrested for forcing their son to kill his sister because she had married a man from the city of Adlb through an 'urfi marriage.

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Pakistan: Couple living in hiding for 5 years in fear of their families
Posted by Joanne_Jowan on Sunday, May 04, 2008 (09:15:58) (97 reads)

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Kurdistan: Kurdish 'honour' killings and mobile phones
Posted by Joanne_Jowan on Friday, May 02, 2008 (21:43:06) (128 reads)

Salma trusted her boyfriend enough to speak freely with him about romance, love and even sex.

But she has paid a high price for her candour. Salma, who asked that her real name be concealed because of the sensitivity of her story, is hiding in a women’s shelter in the northeastern city of Sulaimaniyah, her body battered and bruised.

Her boyfriend recorded their intimate conversations on his phone and passed them onto her family through a friend when she refused to marry him. Salma’s body still bears the scars of her family’s response. The 28-year-old’s hand was fractured during one of the beatings from her brothers, father and uncles.

“They started to beat me without even letting me speak,” she said. “They beat me so severely that I fainted several times."

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Pakistan: Bank employee killed over ‘honour’
Posted by Joanne_Jowan on Friday, May 02, 2008 (08:15:05) (94 reads)

A LOCAL bank employee was shot dead by unidentified people over alleged illicit relations in the Wahdat Colony police precincts on Monday.

The victim, who was identified as Farhan Najam Butt, 30, was a resident of flat F-E 844, opposite Government Pilot High School. The police said he had been found dead in front of a medical store in Wahdat Colony at around 7am. A passer-by informed the police and they removed the body to morgue.

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