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| Human Rights Quote (78): Honor Killings | | 2008-07-13 08:23:36 | | The right to life of women in Pakistan is conditional on their obeying social norms and traditions. Hina Jilani, lawyer and human rights activist
An honor killing is a murder, carried out by a family to punish a female family member who has supposedly brought dishonor on the family. The acts which are the cause of [...] | | By: PAP Blog | | |
| | Honor Killings: No Outcry, As It Is Acceptable? | | 2008-07-09 10:35:00 | | Honor Killings, Honor Killings. Who wants an Honor Killing? And with a complete LACK of any serious outcry to boot. None what so ever. Not from any International Human or Women's rights organizations. None. Where is N.O.W. when you actually want them around?I don't hear the many nations of the U.N. condemning the act, or similar acts. (Not that that is any surprise, by any means.)No backlash by "moderate" muslims, calling for equality for women. Or any equality at all for that matter.The silence, especially on that last note, can be deafening.But when you consider that under Sharia Law, honor killings are COMPLETELY ACCEPTABLE, it's not surprising me that there is complete silence on the issue.So, what of this latest honor killing? A Pakistani immigrant, Chaudhry Rashid, is now facing some serious charges, including murder, for the death of his 25-year old daughter (Sandeela Kanwal) in Clayton County, Georgia. I guess giving an arranged marriage the ol' college try, just wasn't sitting | | By: Hoopy Frood Dude | | |
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| Mauritania seeks 3 in tourist killings | | 2007-12-25 08:51:57 | | Mauritanian authorities said they were searching Tuesday for three men suspected of links with a local terror network in connection with the fatal shooting of four picnicking French tourists.
Original post by Tracy Staedter, Discovery News | | By: UniQuest | | |
| | Father,Uncle Kill Daughter in Increasing Trend of "Honor Killings" in UK | | 2007-07-20 14:15:00 | | LONDON(AP)Friday July 20,2007 -The father and uncle of a woman who was brutally murdered for falling in love with the wrong man were sentenced to life in prison Friday for ordering the killing.The 2006 murder of 20-year-old Banaz Mahmod, 20, who was strangled after two hours of torture and sexual abuse, was the latest in an increasing trend of so-called ``honor killings'' in Britain, home to some 1.8 million Muslims.Mahmod was a member of an Iraqi Kurd family that had emigrated to Britain in 1998.Her father, Mahmod Mahmod, and uncle Ari Mahmod, were found guilty of ordering the killing. A third man, Mohamad Hama, who had pleaded guilty to taking part in the killing, was sentenced to at least 17 years in prison.Mahmod's family accused her of shaming them by ending an abusive arranged marriage, becoming too Westernized and falling in love with a man who did not come from their village. The elder Mahmods ordered the killing after discovering she was having a relationship with an Irania | | By: Elder Abuse | | |
| | Investigating Killings and Trillanes’ Victory | | 2007-06-18 17:49:41 | | The unexpected electoral victory of Antonio Trillanes IV should be an interesting case study for political strategists, campaign managers, PR handlers, and politicians alike.
His garnering of 11 million votes from the Filipino electorate showed how a relatively new candidate can win despite facing detention, more popular and experienced contenders and other overwhelming odds.
Will Trillanes deliver his promises now that he’s been proclaimed as a legislator in the Congress’ upper chamber? I hope he does. In particular, the new Senator should make good on his recent statement about investigating the military on the issue of political killings.
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| UN condemns "endemic" sexual violence, torture and killings in Burundi, calls for justice | | 2006-11-28 12:31:00 | | From ReutersBUJUMBURA, 27 November (IRIN) - Human-rights violations have continued in Burundi, despite a new democratically elected government, according to a senior United Nations official in the country.Sexual violence is commonplace, while arbitrary killings, arrests and torture are also happening, according to Ismael Diallo, the director of the human-rights division of the UN Operation in Burundi (ONUB)."The human-rights situation has really not improved since the previous government; it has more or less remained the same, except for abuses by the intelligence services, which have become noticeably worse," Diallo said.Burundi is emerging from 13 years of civil strife during which human rights were regularly abused. The current government swept to power in a landslide election in August 2005 pledging to restore order.Diallo noted that abuses by Burundi's national intelligence service, the Service National de Renseignement (SNR), had grown significantly worse over the past few months, with its agents carrying out arbitrary arrests and torturing detainees suspected of being allied to Burundi's last active rebel group, the Forces nationales de libération.Bodies foundIn an October report, an international watchdog, Human Rights Watch (HRW), accused the SNR of torture and possible involvement in extrajudicial killings that it said went unpunished."Intelligence agents are believed to have been involved in the killing or presumed killing of at least 38 people over the past year," the report said. "Thirty-one people are currently missing and presumed dead in Muyinga [province in the north] with several bodies and body parts having been found in a local river."HRW said that in July, people in Muyinga told human-rights organisations that family members had been arrested and could not be found. At least seven bodies were recovered from the region's River Ruvubu. However, Burundi's government spokesman and minister of information, Ramadhan Karenga, told IRIN the HRW rep | | By: Agathon Rwasa | | |
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