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According to a PA Ministry of Women's Affairs report [137] the rate of 'Honor Killings' went up by 100% in 2013, "reporting the number of 'honor killing' victims for 2013 at 27". [ 138 ] Mahmoud Abbas , president of the Palestinian Authority, issued a decree in May 2014 under which the exemption of men was abolished in cases of honor killings.
Philippine extrajudicial killings are politically motivated murders committed by government officers, punished by local and international law or convention.They include assassinations; deaths due to strafing or indiscriminate firing; massacre; summary execution is done if the victim becomes passive before the moment of death (i.e., abduction leading to death); assassination means forthwith or ...
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 ...
Works about honor killing (1 C, 6 P) Pages in category "Honor killing" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. ... Honor killings by region; M.
One of the causes is the PTFoMS' immediate action on various cases of killings and threats against the press. [8] The country, along with five others, has been in the GII since its launch by CPJ in 2008. [9] [10] The index measures deliberate, work-related killings of journalists, beginning from ten years prior. [10]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The government of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has taken steps to to address human rights abuses in the country, including the killings of journalists and ...
Two parents allegedly tried to choke their 17-year-old daughter outside her high school in an attempted “honor killing” for refusing an arranged marriage with an older man, according to police.
[1] [2] Even after the memorandum was signed, the incidence of killings continued. [3] According to the Defend Negros Movement, the first recorded extrajudicial killing on Negros Island was Alexander Ceballos on January 20, 2017. [4] The group also alleged that at least 84 persons have been killed since 2017. [3]