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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.
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.
Common reasons for individuals not reporting crime include fear of not being believed, insecurity, and fear of getting into trouble. These reasons are most common for not reporting rape. [2] It is commonly assumed that most of the rape cases go unreported; [3] some estimates go up to or above 90%. [4] [5] (See also Rape reporting.)
In many cases in Pakistan, one of the reasons honor killing cases never make it to the courts, is because, according to some lawyers and women's right activists, Pakistani law enforcement do not get involved. Under the encouragement of the killer, police often declare the killing as a domestic case that warrants no involvement.
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 ...
Crime Survey figures over the years. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is an attempt to measure both the amount of crime, and the impact of crime on England and Wales. . The original survey (carried out in 1982, to cover the 1981 year) covered all three judicial areas of the UK, and was therefore referred to as the British Crime Survey, but now it only covers England and Wal
A landmark report published on Wednesday showed that the most common offences committed by 10 to 17-year-olds were sexual assault on a female (15%), rape of a female under 16 (12%), and taking ...
A suspect in the crime was his nephew, who CIA reports suggest was killed in Pakistan by a US drone in November 2008. He had left the UK following his uncle's murder and was said to have become involved in the planning of terrorist attacks. [141] April 2002 Terry Morgan Rugby, Warwickshire