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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 ...
A 2009 study by Muazzam Nasrullah et al. reported a total of 1,957 honor crime victims reported in Pakistan's newspapers from 2004 to 2007. [224] Of those killed, 18% were below the age of 18 years, and 88% were married. Husbands, brothers, and close relatives were direct perpetrators of 79% of the honor crimes reported by mainstream media.
Honour is obviously a major characteristic of Pakistani culture, and Appiah suggests that outsiders and insiders work together to make the community feel as if honour killing is bringing shame upon them and is therefore dishonourable (removes their honour). [15] If enough people outside and inside the country view honour killing as ...
In 2014, the research corporation Westat released a study on honor killings and violence entitled "Honor Violence Measurement Methods". The study was commissioned by the U.S. Department of Justice, and it identified four types of honor violence: honor killings, honor-based domestic violence, forced marriage, and female genital mutilation. The ...
Expert in "honour" crimes, Professor Yakin Ertürk, gave evidence in what was the first use of expert witnesses in a case of this kind in the United Kingdom. [3] Mehmet Goren was found guilty of murder on 17 December 2009 and sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum tariff of 22 years. He was acquitted of conspiring to murder Halil Unal ...
People cross the street in front of a University of California at San Francisco medical center in San Francisco on Nov. 30, 2020. A prominent California medical school has apologized for ...
To enter the drug treatment system, such as it is, requires a leap of faith. The system operates largely unmoved by the findings of medical science. Peer-reviewed data and evidence-based practices do not govern how rehabilitation facilities work. There are very few reassuring medical degrees adorning their walls.
The murder of Ahmet Yıldız occurred on 15 July 2008 in Üsküdar, Istanbul. [1] The anti-LGBT hate crime was committed as an honor killing by his father Yahya Yıldız, [2] in what has been widely referred to as the first known case of an anti-gay honor killing in Turkey. [3]