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It was found in the said report that the photos of the girls, who were made to appear before the commission, did not match the images of the girls appearing in the said video." [ 9 ] In August 2018, on the order of the Supreme Court, the Kohistan police registered a first information report for the alleged honour killing of the five girls ...
The Shafia family murders took place on June 30, 2009, in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.Shafia sisters Zainab, 19, Sahar, 17, and Geeti, 13, along with their father's first wife Rona Muhammad Omar, 52 (all of Afghan origin), were found dead inside a car that was discovered underwater in front of the northernmost Kingston Mills lock of the Rideau Canal, [1] after they were reported missing. [2]
In its report, "Pakistan: Honor Killings of Girls and Women", [183] published in September 1999, Amnesty International criticized governmental indifference and called for state responsibility in protecting human rights of female victims. To elaborate, Amnesty strongly requested the Government of Pakistan to take 1) legal, 2) preventive, and 3 ...
Human rights advocates are in wide agreement that the reported cases do not reflect the full extent of the issue, as honour killings have a high level of support in Pakistan's rural society, and thus often go unreported. [27] [28] Frequently, women & men murdered in honour killings are recorded as having committed suicide or died in accidents. [28]
Shafilea Iftikhar Ahmed (Punjabi and Urdu: شفیلیہ افتخار احمد; 14 July 1986 – 11 September 2003) was a British-Pakistani girl who was murdered by her parents in an honour killing at the age of 17, due to her refusal to accept a forced marriage.
Ghazal "Mona" Heydari (24 December 2004 – 5 February 2022) was an Iranian Arab teenage girl who was beheaded in Ahvaz, Iran in an honour killing by her husband. Mona and her husband were first cousins. Pictures and videos of her husband, Sajjad Heydari, smiling while carrying her head, caused widespread outrage in Iran. [1]
A protest in Arbil against Aswad's killing attracted hundreds of Kurds who called for an end to honor killings. [9] [10] It is believed Aswad's murder sparked, or was used as a pretext for, a reprisal attack in Mosul on 22 April [11] in which 23 Yazidis were killed [3] and for which the Islamic State of Iraq claimed responsibility. [12]
The UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, Yakin Ertürk, reported that she was told that a "family council of male relatives living in Sweden and Australia decided that Pela had to die to cleanse the family honour". [5] [6] Pela eventually returned home of her own accord as she missed her family. [5]