Friday, January 19, 2007

Guest Post by Oscar Wilde

posted by The Vidiot @ 5:38 PM Permalink

Pain of Afghan suicide women

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6196716.stm

Afghanistan

Deputy minister of women's affairs Maliha Sahak says that 197 incidents of self-immolation have been recorded since March 2006, 35 of them in Kandahar province alone. A total of 69 women lost their lives.


Britain.

Honour Killings in the UK

In the UK, murders have sometimes taken place after a family has reacted violently to their son or daughter taking on the trappings of western culture. Killings are often disguised as suicide, fire or an accident.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/ethics/honourcrimes/ crimesofhonor_2.shtml

Overview http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/ethics/honourcrimes/

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