Teenage girl’s beheading spurs calls for ‘honour killings’ law in India
Lucknow, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation Police in northern India said on Thursday they had arrested a man who beheaded his daughter and carried her severed head to the village police station, a case that spurred calls for a new law against so-called honour killings. The man told police he had attacked his 17-year-old daughter with an […]
Britain holds memorial day for ‘honour killing’ victims
Thomson Reuters Foundation Britain will hold a memorial day on Saturday to remember the victims of so-called honour killings. Honour-based violence is done to punish those – usually girls and women – deemed to have brought shame on their family or community by not conforming to traditional expectations. Infringements may include having a boyfriend, rejecting […]
INDIA: SURVIVOR TURNS CRUSADER AGAINST HONOUR KILLINGS
RINA CHANDRAN, of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how a 20-year-old Indian woman is leading the charge against honour killings in India…
President Trump’s executive order calls for report into honour killings in US
RNS As part of its goal to protect “the nation from foreign terrorist entry”, President Trump’s new executive order calls for a report on the number of honor killings carried out in the US by “foreign nationals.” Civil liberties advocates say the focus on honor killings, which a 2014 Justice Department reports shows make up […]