No Honor In Killing
In memory of the victims, we will not let their deaths go unpunished!
…Office Treated by Mrs. M. van Rossum Direct dial number 0900-8844 Our reference 2009-0595 Date 27 May 2009 Subject Complaint police action Dear Mr. Geissen, I hereby acknowledge receipt of…
…carried out in accordance with Islamic laws. This explains the unmarried living together. The woman who was set on fire had been living for months in contempt with her former…
Narges Achikzei, who was set on fire, and her boyfriend had a heated conflict with the woman’s 32-year-old former employer in Utrecht. The family is associated with fraudulent practices. In…
…also in Muslim communities in the West. A hillside near the Jordanian town of Jerash, the 17-year-old girl died in a squalid Palestinian refugee camp strangled by her brother. The…
…murders his sister to restore family honour, it is an honour killing. According to activists, the most common reasons for honour killings are as the victim: refuses to cooperate in…
…and some are even deliberately covered up by the authorities themselves, for example because the perpetrators are good friends with local policemen, officials or politicians. Violence against girls and women…
…by the authorities themselves, for example because the perpetrators are good friends with local policemen, officials or politicians. Violence against girls and women remains a serious problem in Pakistan, India,…