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Making people disappear
WHEN I was media officer at a local feminist organisation, the Malaysian police claimed in their press statements to have solved 80% of crimes against women in 2005.
New Drive to Abolish “Honour Crime” Laws
(24-Oct-08)
Syrian leaders have recommended reforming laws under which criminals convicted of so-called “honour crimes” get lenient sentences.
New IDs for victims of 'honour' crimes
27/10/2008
VICTIMS of so-called 'honour' crimes need better protection and could even be offered a new identity police has announced.
Couple who married for love seek protection
Murtaza case: Hearing put off
Source: OUR STAFF REPORTER October 29, 2008
Jordan prosecutor charges man with killing sister
Jordan's criminal prosecutor has charged a 25-year-old man with premeditated murder for allegedly stabbing his sister to death last week.
Sister shot in 'honour killing'
Hapur (ghaziabad ): A 22-year-old girl was, on Wednesday, shot by her brother in what appeared to be a case of 'honour killing'.
Senate body discards statement on Balochistan 'honour killing'
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN: The Senate's functional committee on human rights on Friday rejected an investigation report on the killing of five women in Balochistan for 'honour' as 'ambiguous and incomplete'
Somalia: Girl stoned was a child of 13
31 October 2008
Contrary to earlier news reports, the girl stoned to death in Somalia this week was 13, not 23, Amnesty International can reveal.
Jordan woman stabbed to death over sex images
AMMAN (AFP) – A Jordanian man has been charged with premeditated murder for killing his married sister after seeing mobile phone images showing her having sex, a judicial official said on Thursday.
Controversy over 'honour killing'
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has asked for a report to be drawn up on the case of a 17-year-old woman said to have been killed by her in-laws.
38 honour killings in past three months in Balochistan
QUETTA, Oct 21: Thirty-eight women died at the hands of their relatives, who killed them on the pretext of protecting their honour during the past three months in Balochistan.
WEST AFRICA: Cross-border FGM on the rise
OUAGADOUGOU, 17 October 2008 (IRIN) - Cross-border female genital mutilation / cutting (FGM/C) is on the rise in West Africa according to the UN, spurring the need to impose a region-wide law banning
NEPAL: Women tortured for being 'witches'
A large number of women are victims to the witch hunt practice in Nepal
Somalia: Woman stoned to death for adultery
29/10/2008: Somali Islamists have stoned to death a woman accused of adultery, witnesses said, the first such public killing by the militants for about two years. (Independent / Reuters)
Yakin addresses the UN General Assembly : Violence against women remains endemic
24 October 2008 – Women around the world continue to endure violence, abuse and discrimination and often have no recourse to justice, an independent United Nations human rights expert told the Gener
Italy: 'I love you, but I have to shoot you'
By Larissa Cummings
October 11, 2008 12:00am
"I LOVE you, but to save face, I have to shoot you in the knee. You have one month to think about it."
Honour killing: Girlfriend's family sets boy ablaze
AHMEDGARH (SANGRUR): Taking the fight for "honour" to a barbaric high, a 21-year-old boy out on a date with his lover, 18, was burnt alive by the girl's enraged family.
Dr Mohammed Baobaid: Men must be part of the solution
A leading Yemeni academic, Dr Mohammed Baobaid was presented on 26 September with an Everyday Hero award by the Canadian Centre for Research and Education for Violence Against Women and Children (CRVA