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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]
The claims were propagated by Channel3Now, a news aggregation website with a past history of spreading misinformation. [ 129 ] [ 130 ] On the evening of 30 July, the same evening as a vigil was held for the victims, hundreds of protesters gathered outside Southport Mosque on St Luke's Road, less than 400 metres (0.25 mi) from the scene of the ...
ABC Foreign Correspondent - Honour and Obey. (Documentary on UK HBV cases including Surjit Athwal; Al Jazeera: Everywoman- Honour Killings- 07 Dec 07- Part 2. (Interview with Surjit's brother) BBC Newsnight: Honour Killings by Navdip Dhariwal. (Sept 04) - Dhariwal visits the village where Surjit was last seen.
Rania Alayed was a 25-year-old mother-of-three murdered by her husband in June 2013, in Salford, Greater Manchester, England. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) Chief Detective Inspector Bill Reade described this as an honour killing, [1] and the prosecutors stated she was murdered for trying to achieve independence from her husband and undergoing westernisation. [2]
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 .
Honour killing victim 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 .
Jones was a pupil at Markland Hill Primary School in Bolton. After her killing, the school announced plans for a memorial garden. The fundraising target of £5,000 was reached within 12 hours, and soon surpassed £11,000. Headteacher Louise Close said: "We want a lasting legacy for this little girl who was taken so soon, so quickly and tragically."