by Haitham Sabbah October 21, 2005
A survey by a university in Turkey has shown almost 40% support for the practice of “honour killing”. The results come days after a court in Istanbul gave a life sentence for the murder of a girl by her brothers for giving birth to a child out of wedlock.
by Haitham Sabbah October 14, 2005
A Jordanian man who murdered his sister for being a prostitute got a reduced jail sentence because he killed her in a “fit of rage”, the Jordan Times reported on Wednesday. The Criminal Court has sentenced a 26-year-old shepherd to six months in prison for the murder of his older sister in April 2005. When [...]
