No Honor In Killing
In memory of the victims, we will not let their deaths go unpunished!
Interactive World Map: Fight Against Honour Killing 2010-2020 Honor killings have been reported in Bangladesh, Brazil, Afghanistan, Egypt, India, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Morocco, Pakistan, Sweden, Turkey, Yemen and the United Kingdom. Honor killings are common in countries with a predominantly Muslim population, but many Muslim leaders and scholars condemn the practice and deny it is […]
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 […]
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 […]
Honor crimes under Jordanian law Under Article 340, any man who has murdered his wife or one of his female family members can count on a reduction in punishment if he did so after having caught her committing adultery. Before the 2001 amendment, Article 340 provided for a total exemption from punishment in certain circumstances, […]
Abolish article 301 of the Penal Code All Iranian girls and their fathers are now reminded again that the Iranian justice system is very forgiving towards fathers who kill their daughters and that has a bad influence on their behaviour. In Syria, it was decided in March 2020 to abolish the section of the law […]
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 […]
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 […]