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Honor killings have been reported in Nepal, with much of them linked with the caste system that is deeply rooted in Nepalese tradition. Most honor killings are reportedly undetected. [211] Gender-based violence has been the deadliest form of violence in Nepal as of 2017, which includes honor killings [212] and has been rising in the country as ...
Since 2009, farm workers in the region have been occupying agricultural lands and taking part in an annual practice called bungkalan (collective farming of food crops) for their subsistence. [ 8 ] From 2017 to 2018, 26 bungkalan farmers and organizers from the region became victims of extrajudicial killings . [ 8 ]
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.
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.
Murdered by two unidentified gunmen on the way to the radio's offices. At the time, he was investigating drug trafficking in the region. He had received death threats as he carried out several interviews with leaders of the rebel group Abu Sayyaf especially during the Jolo hostage crisis, which angered the authorities, especially the Philippine ...
The Swedish government seeks to extradite an Afghan refugee in a lurid case involving sex, honor and murder. Grisly international murder case follows Afghan woman to Sacramento. She now faces ...
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 ...