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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 .
The killing of Surjit Athwal was planned in the UK and done in India; Murder of Tulay Goren; Murder of Heshu Yones; So-called honour killings of people with Kurdish ethnic heritage: Pela Atroshi (Iraqi Kurdistan) Fadime Şahindal (Sweden) Hatun Sürücü (Germany) So-called honour killings of other people with Iraqi national heritage:
Heshu's case was the first in the United Kingdom to be legally recognised and prosecuted as an honour killing; [4] [5] it led to the creation of a specialist task force [6] [7] in honour-based violence and, subsequently, to the reviewing of more than 100 previous cases of murder and suicide for any indication that "honour" was a factor. [8] [9]
Honor-based violence has a long tradition in Albania, and although it is much rarer today than it was in the past, it still exists. [citation needed] The Kanun is a set of traditional Albanian laws and customs. Honor (in Albanian: Nderi) is one of the four pillars on which the Kanun is based. Honor crimes happen, especially in northern Albania.
This is a list of sitting members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom who died by assassination or other culpable homicide. Spencer Perceval is the only British prime minister to have been assassinated, having been shot on 11 May 1812 by John Bellingham, a merchant who blamed the government for his debt. From 1882 to 1990, six MPs ...
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 ...
This is a list of successful assassinations, sorted by location.For failed assassination attempts, see List of people who survived assassination attempts.. For the purposes of this article, an assassination is defined as the deliberate, premeditated murder of a prominent figure, often for religious, political or monetary reasons.
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.