Honour Killings

Articles

• Jordanie : Le combat pour protéger les femmes menacées de « crimes d’honneur  »
  13 septembre, par siawi3

  « Je n’ai pas commis de faute pour mériter d’être tuée.  » Entre 15 et 20 meurtres de femmes ont lieu chaque année dans le royaume hachémite. Selon le réseau de recherches Arab Barometer, 21 % des Jordaniens trouvent les « crimes d’honneur  » acceptables.

• Jordan: No “honour†in killing
  8 January 2018, by siawi3

  Dozens of women are kept in prison without any charge or known day of release in order to protect them from their families, who want to kill them for reasons related to family honour.

• Press Release: the Global Campaign to Stop Killing and Stoning Women and WLUML on UN Torture Report
  10 July 2008
  (Source: http://stop-stoning.org/)
  [26, June 2008]
  On the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (26 June), Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) International Solidarity Network and the Global Campaign to Stop  (...)
• UK: Killed by the community
  21 December 2018, by siawi3

  Rather than reporting the matter to the authorities in order to tackle the perpetrators at large in the community, some parents’ police the movements of their daughters. Once again, they are perpetuating the damaging message that we, as women, must take responsibility for curbing the sexual predatory behaviour of men. This ultimately restricts our movements, as well as our right to feel safe in the wider world; a message we all too frequently communicate to our daughters.

• Qandeel Baloch’s death has sparked a debate in Pakistan over “honour killings”
  19 July 2016, by siawi3

  Ms Baloch’s brother said he drugged and strangled her because she “dishonoured the family”.

• Afghanistan: Tora
  23 May 2018, by siawi3

  Tora is a term used to refer to girls or women who are blamed for adultery. In Pashtun families, the punishment is death.

• Good Intentions Are Not Enough: Women and Violence in Pakistan
  7 October 2016, by siawi3

  There is no doubt that Pakistan needs to do something to end violence against women. According to a report by the Aurat Foundation in Pakistan, there were a total of 10,070 cases of violence against women reported in 2014 (imagine how many more went unreported, especially in rural areas). These included acts such as kidnapping, rape, acid throwing, and ‘honour’ killings, among others. They also reported this number was an increase of 28.3% from 2013. Documentaries on violence against women in the global south that are made for Western audiences are problematic in nature. On the other hand, if they can effect some change in their home country, even if through the fear of embarrassment, then perhaps it is worth it.

• After Years of Tragedy, Pakistan Criminalizes Honor Killings
  10 October 2016, by siawi3

  Pakistan’s parliament unanimously passed legislation against “honor killings†Thursday, three months after the murder of an outspoken social media star. In recent years several countries in the region have been cracking down on the practice, which the U.N. says kills over 5,000 women a year. In most cases, the victim is a woman and the killer is a relative who escapes punishment by seeking forgiveness for the crime from family members. The practice is most common in South Asia and the Middle East, and thus it has falsely been labeled an Islamic tradition despite it existing long before Islam came about through its roots in tribal practices across the world.

• Pakistan passes anti-honour killings and anti-rape bills
  13 October 2016, by siawi3

  Rights groups and politicians have for years called for tougher laws to tackle perpetrators of violence against women in Pakistan and the move follows a slew of high-profile killings in the country.

• Pakistan: The role played by outspoken social media star Qandeel Baloch’s murder in the passing of the anti ’honour killings’ law
  13 October 2016, by siawi3

  When the Anti-Honour Killing Laws (Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill and the Anti-Rape Laws (Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill — tabled by a PPP senator in 2014 and passed by the Senate in 2015 — were presented in a joint parliamentary session that same month, elements from the religious lobby objected, saying they were contrary to Islamic injunctions. Pandering to the right-wing over an issue of utmost gravity must now end and the impunity associated with the crime done away with. Perhaps Qandeel’s death has proven to be the catalyst for the government to act.

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