http://www.stophonourkillings.com/ International Campaign Against Honour Killings en-us http://www.stophonourkillings.com/?name=News&file=article&sid=3691 By waseem Raza (Pakistan ) A court in Pakistan has turned down hearing the case of an eight-year-old girl who was married off in exchange for her father’s second wife. The Judicial Magistrate East declined on Monday to hear Zahida’s case whose father Abdul Rasool was booked by the police. Abdul Rasool is accused of marrying her off to a man identified as Dilshad. Rasool wanted to marry Dilshad’s sister Haseena. The little girl’s mother, Parveen (Rasool’s first wife) told SAMAA that the marriage was contracted on June 25, following which she went to the local union council nazim and registered a case with the police. The wedding ceremony was performed by Qazi Naqeeb Shah who was also presented in court. He claims that he only did what he was told and thought the girl was 15 years old as her father had said. http://www.stophonourkillings.com/?name=News&file=article&sid=3690 Berlin - A 45-year-old Turkish man has admitted stabbing his 15-year-old daughter to death because she did not follow Islamic customs, German police said on Thursday. The man, a kebab shop owner in Schweinfurt, southern Germany, stabbed the teen several times with a kitchen knife as she lay sleeping on her grandmother's couch in what police said was a premeditated act. "As a motive for the terrible crime, the 45-year-old admitted that he had problems with the fact that his daughter did not want to follow the Muslim way," police said in a statement. http://www.stophonourkillings.com/?name=News&file=article&sid=3689 ISLAMABAD: Exposing horrors of honour killing, known as Karo-Kari, Karachi-based ‘Awami Theatre’ on Monday night staged an Urdu stage drama titled ‘Daozakh’ (Hell) at National Art Gallery (NAG). Organised by Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) in collaboration with Pakistan Anti Narcotics Force and Capital Development Authority (CDA), the play is a part of National Drama Festival 2009. http://www.stophonourkillings.com/?name=News&file=article&sid=3688 LUDHIANA: In a suspected case of honour killing, a woman home guard was stabbed to death by her paternal uncle here on Tuesday. The constable, who was two months pregnant from her second marriage. According to information available in this regard from the statement of 15-year-old Sunny Shergill, son of the deceased constable Neelam Kumari from her first marriage with Avtar Singh, she was constantly at loggerheads with her uncle because of her second marriage against his wishes. http://www.stophonourkillings.com/?name=News&file=article&sid=3687 KABUL (AFP) — The US global women's ambassador said Friday impunity for attacks against women and girls in Afghanistan was intolerable and the government needed to provide them with better legal protection. Melanne Verveer, ambassador-at-large for women's issues, told reporters that she had delivered this message to President Hamid Karzai and other officials during a three-day visit. "These violations against human rights are intolerable," Verveer said. http://www.stophonourkillings.com/?name=News&file=article&sid=3686 Les "crimes d'honneur" augmentent en Europe et font 5.000 morts par an dans le monde, selon un rapport présenté vendredi au Conseil de l'Europe qui réclame la création d'une infraction spécifique. "Il n'y a pas d'honneur dans les crimes dits d'honneur", a souligné vendredi à Strasbourg le parlementaire socialiste britannique John Austin, auteur d'un rapport sur l'urgence à combattre de tels crimes. Le document, adopté à une large majorité par l'Assemblée (APCE) de l'organisation paneuropéenne, demande des peines qui correspondent à la gravité des faits "soit en créant une infraction spécifique, soit en prévoyant une circonstance aggravante des peines". Les parlementaires ont souhaité que ces crimes soient inclus dans une Convention européenne en préparation sur les formes les plus sévères de violence faites aux femmes. http://www.stophonourkillings.com/?name=News&file=article&sid=3685 Lucknow: In a suspected honour killing, a man allegedly beheaded his daughter who was insisting on marrying her lover in Rampur district. Shaukat Saifi was arrested after he allegedly beheaded his daughter Naseem with a sharp edged weapon yesterday in Krimcha village, about 250 km from here, police said today. While Naseem wanted to marry Yasin, a resident of the same village, her father was opposed to the alliance, they said. DNA India http://www.stophonourkillings.com/?name=News&file=article&sid=3684 ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (AP) - Prosecutors in Chechnya say they have detained a young man accused of shooting his sister to death in an honor killing. Prosecutors say the young man has confessed to killing his sister with multiple gunshots because of her «immoral behavior. They said in a statement Saturday that the murder was the latest in a string of killings and disappearances of women in the region. About 30 women aged 18 to 27 have been killed or gone missing since last fall. http://www.stophonourkillings.com/?name=News&file=article&sid=3683 LAHORE: A man from Sabzazar has been arrested for allegedly killing his sister in yet another honour killing case on Thursday. According to police, Iqbal strangled his 22-year-old sister Adeeba – in the presence of family members – for having illicit relations with a boy from their neighbourhood. The alleged murderer later asked his family members not to disclose the incident. The victim’s family planned to bury her in their native city of Khoshab, but locals informed the police and Iqbal was arrested. http://www.stophonourkillings.com/?name=News&file=article&sid=3682