Honour killing story: Elif (2007)

for a long time. On January 14, 2009, the district court of Limburg sentences the perpetrator to life imprisonment (without special culpability). The perpetrator appeals, which is rejected by the…

Honour killing story: Mustafa (2005)

…every year, most of which are not reported to the authorities and some are even deliberately covered up by the authorities themselves, for example because the perpetrators are good friends…

Honour killing stories 2012

…husband Hamza D. (29 years old) and – presumably – her father Mehmet D. (70 years old) Müslime is forced by her strict Sunni family to marry a cousin in…

Honour killing story: Emine (2012)

…”very critical” condition. She is in a coma for 9 days and in hospital for 4 weeks. Hasan has been arrested. The perpetrator is known to the police for domestic…

Honour killing story: Hümeyra (2013)

…Court. In August, the verdict was pronounced: 10 years for manslaughter. For a conviction for murder, the chamber says, there is no motive. The children are staying with family in…