December 20, 2011A gruesome ‘honor’ attack in Pakistan has shocked even hardened observersTribal traditions and machismo served to turn the life of a woman living in Dorug, a tribal area […]
December 20, 2011Police in Bangladesh said they would charge a migrant worker accused of cutting off most of his wife’s hands after she started studying for a college degree without his permission.Police in Bangladesh said they would charge a migrant worker, Rafiqul Islam, accused of cutting off most of […]
December 20, 2011Afghan girls punch their way to equalityAt 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, 2011Reid looks to strengthen genital-mutilation banSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has introduced legislation that would make it a crime under U.S. law […]
December 6, 2011First ‘Honor Killing’ Trial in Belgium’s History Places Entire Family on DockIn what is believed to be the first ‘honor killing’ trial in Belgian history, an entire family has […]
December 6, 2011Sydney Man Convicted of Killing Mother’s Lover in “honorA Sydney man accused of killing his mother’s lover in a bid to protect his family’s honor has […]
December 6, 2011Teen told social worker of abuse, Canadian honour killing trial hearsIn the year before their deaths, two teenage Montreal sisters told teachers and a youth protection worker that […]
December 6, 2011NJ dad eyed in ‘honor’ killingA twisted, sick sense of “honor” compelled a Jersey City man to have his daughter and son-in-law brutally […]
December 6, 2011Cellphone footprints reveal compelling details in the Shafia “honor” killing case in Canada.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, 2011Classrooms in London schools tackle genital mutilationEach year, 6,500 girls in central London could undergo female genital mutilation. Now the city hopes to curb […]
December 6, 2011Muslim Brotherhood top winner in Egyptian electionIn Egypt, Parties that want an expansion of Islamic law captured a clear majority of the votes in […]
December 5, 2011More than 2,800 so-called honour attacks in UK last yearMore than 2,800 so-called honour attacks — punishments for bringing shame on the family — were recorded by […]
December 5, 2011Britain: Muslim ‘Honor Crimes’ SkyrocketingMore than 2,800 so-called honor attacks — punishments for bringing shame on the family — were recorded by […]
December 5, 2011Law protecting Afghan women has ‘long way to goAfghan authorities are failing to enforce the law to protect women from murder, beating, rape and other violence […]
December 5, 2011Afghan woman’s choice: 12 years in jail or marry her rapist and risk deathGulnaz’s plight has found international attention because of a dispute between the European Union and a team of […]
December 5, 2011Afghan gunmen poured acid on faces of three sisters and their parents because eldest ‘didn’t want to marry ageing warlord’Afghan gunmen burst into a family home – where they poured acid over the father, his wife and […]
December 5, 2011Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, Egypt’s Nude Blogger, Hiding in Fear for Her LifeAliaa Magda Elmahdy, the Egyptian blogger who stirred a controversy last month by posting pictures of herself naked […]
December 5, 2011Estimated 3,500 girls at risk of FGM in London, UKMore than three thousand London girls are at risk of genital mutilation every year, experts warned today. The […]
December 5, 2011Hardline Islamists interrupt Tunisian universityTunisia’s Ministry of Higher Education says some 50 ultraconservative Muslims have disrupted exams at a university with calls […]
December 5, 2011Victims of forced marriage in Scotland will benefit from greater protection with new legislation being introducedVictims of forced marriage in Scotland will benefit from greater protection with new legislation being introduced: the legislation […]