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December 20, 2011
Thousands of women marched through downtown Cairo on Tuesday evening to call for the end of military rule […]
December 20, 2011
‘There’s a difference between threats to religious freedom abroad and at home: Let’s address both,’ says member of […]
December 20, 2011
Please sign Karma Nirvana’s petition to better protect children from forced marriage and honor violence. Via:[http://www.karmanirvana.org.uk/e-petition.html]
December 20, 2011
Tribal traditions and machismo served to turn the life of a woman living in Dorug, a tribal area […]
December 20, 2011
Police in Bangladesh said they would charge a migrant worker, Rafiqul Islam, accused of cutting off most of […]
December 20, 2011
At Ghazi Stadium in Kabul, Afghanistan, Afghan girls punch their way to equality. Via:[http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/20/9582548-afghan-girls-punch-their-way-to-equality]
December 6, 2011
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has introduced legislation that would make it a crime under U.S. law […]
December 6, 2011
In what is believed to be the first ‘honor killing’ trial in Belgian history, an entire family has […]
December 6, 2011
A Sydney man accused of killing his mother’s lover in a bid to protect his family’s honor has […]
December 6, 2011
In the year before their deaths, two teenage Montreal sisters told teachers and a youth protection worker that […]
December 6, 2011
A twisted, sick sense of “honor” compelled a Jersey City man to have his daughter and son-in-law brutally […]
December 6, 2011
Cellphone footprints reveal compelling details in the Shafia “honor” killing case. Via:[http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1092834–dimanno-cellphone-footprints-reveal-compelling-detail-in-shafia-case]
December 6, 2011
Each year, 6,500 girls in central London could undergo female genital mutilation. Now the city hopes to curb […]
December 6, 2011
In Egypt, Parties that want an expansion of Islamic law captured a clear majority of the votes in […]
December 5, 2011
More than 2,800 so-called honour attacks — punishments for bringing shame on the family — were recorded by […]