June 2009
‘Violence against women on rise as perpetrators go scot-free’
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Karachi
Stoning to be omitted from Iran penal laws
Head of the Majlis judiciary commission Ali Shahrokhi says stoning, heresy and cutting hands will be omitted from Iran's penal laws.
Ottawa man guilty in 'honour killings' of sister, fiance
OTTAWA - A "twisted sense of values'' led an Ottawa man to murder his sister and the man she loved, the judge in an honour killing trial said Saturday.
Gay killings on rise in Iraq?
BAGHDAD, May 28 (UPI) -- About 30 people have been killed in Iraq in the past three months because they were homosexual or believed to be gay, a U.N. agency says.
When women’s sexuality becomes a social and political issue
Palestine Monitor
21 May 2009
Number of Honor Killings in Europe Higher Than Thought
A report compiled by the Council of Europe warns that the killings of women by family members to protect their so-called honor is far more extensive in Europe than previously believed.
Rotterdam trialling plan against forced marriages
Rotterdam council has started a trial to prevent girls being forced into arranged marriages during the holidays.