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| Cabinet ministers call for increased penalties for violence against women |
| 2007-11-22 |
| Ma'an – Palestinian Tourism Minister Khouloud Daibes and Justice Minister Ali Al-Khashan announced a new plan on Tuesday combat the phenomenon of killing women for reasons of so-called "family honor." Daibes and Al-Khashan have proposed a presidential decree modify articles of the Palestinian Basic Law that are unjust towards women. Specifically, they will ask to increase sentences for men who kill their female relatives for reasons of so-called "honor." The ministers made the announcement during a meeting of the Palestinian Working Women Society for Development (PWWSD) in Ramallah. More than a hundred women attended the meeting. PWWSD is organizing a campaign marking the United Nations-sponsored International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25th. Some attribute an apparent increase in attacks against women to ongoing security chaos and difficulty asserting the rule of law in stateless Palestine. In one week in October, four women were killed. A suspect in the murder of two women in the West Bank city of Qalqilia said his motivation was "family honor." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 shaving the men's heads The razor should be applied a little bit lower down. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-11-22 11:14 |
| #1 No one has yet tried the obvious tack with these mutts of when they commit an "honor killing" to publicly hold their entire family up for scorn as "dishonorable". In Muslim countries, this for example could include shaving the men's heads of all hair, and publishing pictures of them and the women of the family without any head coverings, in the newspapers. Of course, depending on the local culture, this could be modified to insure that they are really humiliated. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-11-22 09:47 |