Honour killing story: Maria Spagnolo (2012)

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…carried out 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…

The victim’s relatives are still being insulted and abused while a loved one of them has been murdered in such a horrific way.

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…your article. The victim’s relatives are still being insulted and abused while a loved one of them has been murdered in such a horrific way. I understand that you want…

Honor killing in Sardasht (Iran): Shahin Ebrahimzadeh (21) murdered by family members

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…100,000 honour killings are carried out every year, most of which are not reported to the authorities and some are even deliberately covered up by the authorities themselves, for example…

I am family of that woman and I know what exactly happened: she wanted to get married but another man was already in love with her

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…another man was already in love with her, so then that man was threatening her and everything she had told this to her parents and the police. but the very…

Young woman commits suicide in fear of honor-based violence in Delafan County, Iran

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…from violence. It is a sad reminder of the need for social and cultural change to empower women to make autonomous choices about their relationships and lives. What is an…

An End to Female Genital Cutting in Kurdistan?

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…and Somalia, FGM is widely seen as an African phenomenon. But it also happens to a lesser extent throughout the Middle East, particularly in Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Iraq….

It is established after police investigation that she was killed by a woman who was jealous of her because Narges was getting married to the man she was also in love with.

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…the National Center of Expertise on Honor Related Violence, especially in terms of their approach and analysis. And if I see an honor motive or a risk of an honor…