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Pages in category "Honor killing victims" The following 58 pages are in this category, out of 58 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
Several honor killings have been documented in the United States. As of 2012, there is no central agency that collects data across all jurisdictions in regards to honor violence in the United States. [citation needed] There is reluctance among some organizations to label events as honor killings to avoid stigmatizing Muslim and Arab cultures. [1]
An honor killing (American English), honour killing (Commonwealth English), or shame killing [1] is a traditional form of murder in which a person is killed by or at the behest of members of their family or their partner, due to culturally sanctioned beliefs that such homicides are necessary as retribution for the perceived dishonoring of the ...
Honor killings and other forms of violence against women have increased since the creation of Iraqi Kurdistan, and "both the KDP and PUK claimed that women's oppression, including 'honor killings', are part of Kurdish 'tribal and Islamic culture'" [118] The honor killing and self-immolation condoned or tolerated by the Kurdish administration in ...
The Price of Honor is a 2014 documentary about the murders of Sarah and Amina Said. [ 45 ] [ 46 ] In 2015, The Hunt With John Walsh profiled the killings and Yaser Said's fugitive status.
Pages in category "Honor killing in the United States" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Honour killing is an act of murder, in which a person is murdered for his or her perceived immoral behaviour. Such "immoral behaviour" may take the form of alleged marital infidelity, refusal to submit to an arranged marriage, demanding a divorce, perceived flirtatious behaviour and being raped.
Pages in category "Honour killing in the United Kingdom" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .