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29 Jan 13
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Hundreds, if not thousands, of women are murdered by their families each year in the name of family "honor.
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In India, for example, more than 5,000 brides die annually because their dowrie
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Complicity by other women in the family and the community strengthens the concept of women as property and the perception that violence against family members is a family and not a judicial issue.
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It's difficult to get precise numbers on the phenomenon of honor killing; the murders frequently go unreported, the perpetrators unpunished, and the concept of family honor justifies the act in the eyes of some societies.
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In India, for example, more than 5,000 brides die annually because their dowries are considered insufficient, according to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
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The practice, she said, "goes across cultures and across religions."
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17 Dec 12
marta grzywaczHundreds, if not thousands, of women are murdered by their families each year in the name of family "honor." It's difficult to get precise numbers on the phenomenon of honor killing; the murders frequently go unreported, the perpetrators unpunished, and the concept of family honor justifies the act in the eyes of some societies.
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20 Mar 12
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09 May 11
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19 Apr 11
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28 Apr 10
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Hundreds, if not thousands, of women are murdered by their families each year in the name of family "honor." It's difficult to get precise numbers on the phenomenon of honor killing; the murders frequently go unreported, the perpetrators unpunished, and the concept of family honor justifies the act in the eyes of some societies.
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07 Feb 10
Matt KosterSummary: Thousands of women each year are murdered by their families in the name of family honor. Frequently, these murders are not reported and the killers unpunished. Not only are the killers unpunished, but they are not even looked down upon in society; in fact, they are often legally acquitted and required to serve no jail time, even though the Quran says nothing at all about honor killings.
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Hundreds, if not thousands, of women are murdered by their families each year in the name of family "honor." It's difficult to get precise numbers on the phenomenon of honor killing; the murders frequently go unreported, the perpetrators unpunished, and the concept of family honor justifies the act in the eyes of some societies.
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Reports submitted to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights show that honor killings have occurred in Bangladesh, Great Britain, Brazil, Ecuador, Egypt, India, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Pakistan, Morocco, Sweden, Turkey, and Uganda
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In India, for example, more than 5,000 brides die annually because their dowries are considered insufficient,
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27 Oct 09
Judith LorberHundreds, if not thousands, of women are murdered by their male relatives each year in the name of family "honor." A medieval custom still practiced in more than a dozen countries, honor killings are increasingly coming under the world spotlight as one of the vilest violations of human rights. National Geographic investigates.
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10 Oct 07
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