No Honor In Killing
In memory of the victims, we will not let their deaths go unpunished!
Honour killing story Fathia el Q. born: 1969 stabbed to death: 18 February 2011 Residence: Düsseldorf Origin: Morocco Children: 1 daughter, 1 son (both adults) Perpetrator: her ex-husband Hassan M. (42 years) Fathia marries a man and has a son with him. When the man dies, she marries a Moroccan in Spain and has a […]
Honour killing story Yasemin Tomak Iybar born: 1979 Assassinated: 29 January 2011 Residence: Lünen (NRW) Origin: Turkey Children: unclear Perpetrators: her brother-in-law and ex-boyfriend Adem I. (34 years old) and Salia, the wife of her new lover Yasemin is a gardener and has been married before. To get a residence permit in Germany, she married […]
Honour killing story Grandma, mother and two children born: 1956, 1989, 2014, 2018 murdered: 28 March 2020 Residence: Etten-Leur Origin: Dutchman with Turkish parents Children: 2 Perpetrator: Onur Kandemir (33 years) On Saturday 29 March 2020 around 18.15 the police found the lifeless bodies of retired Turkish interpreter Hikmet Kandemir (64), her daughter-in-law Gulcan Kandemir […]
Honour killing story Esbah born: 2004 murdered: ? Residence: Sana’a Origin: Yemen Children: none Perpetrator: her brothers (25, ?, ?) and father (?) Yemen has not been a nice country for women to live in for many decades because of war, food shortages and old-fashioned guardianship laws. Yemeni women’s organizations now advocate, following Syria’s example, […]
Honour killing Karin C. born: 1966 Attempted murder: 4 January 2019 Residence: Waldhufen (near Görlitz) Origin: Victim: Germany; Perpetrator: Pakistan Children: yes, not clear how many Perpetrator: Sameer Q. / Naveed A. (28 years) Karin has a relationship with the 15 years younger Sameer from Pakistan. It can be assumed that he hopes that this […]
Broad criminal prosecution in the case of an honour killing European Union Judicial Directives require police and judicial authorities in member states to prosecute perpetrators of an honour killing on a broad scale All persons who have played a role in the background of a murder, with the aim of restoring a violated sense of […]
What is an honour killing? An honour killing is a murder in the name of honour. If a brother 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 an arranged marriage. wants to end […]