June 2, 2009Proposal to Outlaw forced marriages in SwedenNearly 70,000 young Swedes feel they aren’t able to freely choose whom they want to marry, according to […]
May 31, 2009Ottawa man guilty in “honour” killings of sister, fianceA “twisted sense of values” led an Ottawa, Canada man to murder his sister and the man she […]
May 27, 2009Afghan women fight onIn the troubled east and south of Afghanistan, Taliban are burning girls’ schools and throwing acid in the […]
May 21, 2009Number of Honor Killings in Europe Higher Than ThoughtA report compiled by the Council of Europe warns that the killings of women by family members to […]
May 21, 2009Mother sentenced to 3 years for forced marriages in UKA Muslim woman who forced her teenage daughters to marry cousins in Pakistan was sentenced Thursday to three […]
May 19, 2009Friend tried to warn couple prior to Ottawa ‘honour killings’A friend tried to warn Khatera Sadiqi months before she and her fiance were shot in an Ottowa, […]
May 17, 2009Women’s Rights Activist Named Afghanistan’s Person Of The YearRadio Free Afghanistan has named Anarkali Honaryar, a 25-year-old dentist and women’s rights activist, as its Person of […]
May 16, 2009Society “must act to prevent forced marriages”British Member of Parliament Sayeeda Warsi has urged heightened vigilance against forced marriages and “honor” violence. via:[http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/05/16/society-must-act-to-prevent-forced-marriages-91466-23635939/]
May 15, 2009Canadian expert: Honour killings ‘act of purifying through blood’Honour killings involve a cleansing of dishonor aimed at restoring a family’s respect after the so-called “misbehaviour” of […]
May 14, 2009Turkish Appeals Court lenient on’honor killing’Turkey’s top appeals court has upheld a lower court’s decision to be lenient on those who are found […]
May 12, 2009Canada ‘honour killing’ trial hears details of shootingHasibullah Sadiqi, who faces two counts of first-degree murder, told a friend he got mad and lost control […]
April 17, 2009Spanish court sentences mother in forced marriage case of daughterA Spanish court has sentenced a Mauritanian to 17 years in prison after she allegedly forced her underage […]
April 14, 2009France warns against forced marriages, mutilationFrance launched a new campaign to warn potential victims of forced marriages and female genital mutilation on Tuesday, […]
April 14, 2009‘Honour’ culture common in StockholmMore than 4,000 teenagers in Stockholm are exposed on a daily basis to cultures of honour that involve […]
April 14, 2009Taleban ‘kill love affair couple’The Taleban in Afghanistan have publicly killed a young couple who they said had tried to run away […]
April 8, 2009In Denmark, minority youths fear honour crimeThe number of minority youths who seek help because of family threats has almost quadrupled since 2005. “Most […]
April 3, 2009Germany: Brother admits to ‘honour killing’ of sisterTwenty-year-old Gulsum S. died after her brother strangled her with a clothes line and then bludgeoned her with […]
March 27, 2009Afghan women hit by stones at rally against marital lawA group of some 1,000 Afghans swarmed a demonstration of 300 women protesting against a new conservative marriage […]
March 1, 2009Analysis: Are Honor Killings Simply Domestic Violence?Honor killings are distinct from wife battering and child abuse: analysis of more than fifty reported honor killings […]
December 6, 2008Abu Ghanem women break silence over ‘honour killings’The Abu Ghanem clan has lost another of its women, the ninth in eight years killed for supposedly […]