India
Lancet Report: Fire a Major Killer of Indian Women
International Herald Tribune
The Associated Press
March 2, 2009
Lancet Report: Fire a Major Killer of Indian Women
Sonia, 18, and Ved Pal, 23,
NEW DELHI // A powerful village council in the northern state of Haryana has issued death warrants against a young couple who eloped this month.
Indian women demand law against honour killing and acid attacks
NEW DELHI: Several women’s groups came together on Tuesday appealing to all political parties to ensure that their concerns are highlighted and the same become part of the mainstream political agend
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VILLAGERS BURN GIRL ALIVE IN INDIA
Teenager was burned to death in India
Tuesday March 24,2009
A teenager has been burned to death at her home in India in an "honour killing" by neighbours.
Rajwati and Mukesh
NEW DELHI, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Two cases of honor killing took place within two days in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, in which a 21-year-old girl and a 38-year-old woman were killed by
Eight (8) Victims
Eight members of an impoverished family from one of India's most lawless regions were shot and beheaded in a gruesome honour killing after one of their relatives dared to secretly marry a girl from a
Jaspal Haur and Harnam Singh
Ferozepur, February 09, 2009
The Ferozepur police have arrested the absconding father of a local girl, who was killed for ‘honour’ on January 13 along with her lover.
Inderjot Kaur
In another incident of honour killing, a man has been arrested for allegedly killing his 17-year-old daughter in Mehrana Kalan village under the Dehlon police station in Jagraon on Monday.
Upon dead bodies
Even the courts can't stop 'honour killings'. The police often collude.