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| 'Honour' Crimes Inquiry in the UK |
| 2004-12-06 |
| Hundreds of suicide cases involving young Asian women are being re-investigated to determine whether they were prompted by so-called 'honour crimes'. They can involve false imprisonment, forced marriages - and even murder, as happened to Heshu Yones, 16. Heshu was stabbed to death two years ago in Acton, London, by her Kurdish father - who believed she had dishonoured the family by having a boyfriend. There are 117 other suspected 'honour killings' currently under investigation in the UK alone. Suicides among such women in Britain are three times the national average. A conference organised by the Crown Prosecution Service is to focus on so-called 'honour crimes' in the Asian community. It will aim to raise awareness of the problem and improve the way such crimes are handled across the criminal justice system. CPS spokesman Nazir Afzal said: "Crimes of honour take the form of many types of violence against women. "Murder, assault, false imprisonment and forced marriage are among them." Among the other speakers will be Meena Patel and Hannana Siddiqui of women's rights group Southall Black Sisters. They will be joined by Foreign Office official Heather Harvey and Jasvinder Sanghera of the Karna Nirvana Refuge in Derby. 'Yvonne Ridley was not available for comment.' |
| Posted by:Bulldog |
| #5 #1, Muslims do honor killing, it is extremely rare in Hindu families, although, they have their share of crazy people. It is true that some of the married Hindu women are abused and on rare occasions, murdered by in-laws, because the brides did not bring the dowry which was promised in their arranged marriages. There are examples on the contrary, one in Hindu myth and two during Mogal (Muslim) dynasty in India’s past, in which women made suicide in order to protect their or family dignity but they were not killed. At the worst, you may say, they were persuaded to commit suicide. Female were free and respectable members of society in ancient India, they went into hiding during the long Muslim dynasty because ruling Muslims were abducting them. Hindu women recovered a little bit during British rule, but never as they were in ancient times. History repeats. The west can only ill-afford to allow repeat of this chapter of history. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2004-12-06 2:45:16 PM |
| #4 A "conference"? How about a message of f**king zero tolerance a la We're going to hunt you bastards and prosecute you to the maximum and any other family member that's accessory to cold-blooded murder? Dhimmitude, ever on the march |
| Posted by: lex 2004-12-06 12:58:59 PM |
| #3 Wouldn't that also inclue middle eastern women, not just Asiains? They're using the Kipling usage of "Asian", which seems to mean anyone east of the Med. |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-12-06 12:44:49 PM |
| #2 Wouldn't that also inclue middle eastern women, not just Asains? It's culture and religion that causes this honor killing, the religion tells them it's OK to kill and abuse women. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-12-06 10:46:30 AM |
| #1 "A conference ... to focus on so-called ’honour crimes’ in the Asian community." Those damn Hindus are to stop immediately! |
| Posted by: gromgorru 2004-12-06 6:08:51 AM |