With the flick of a lighter, Subhash Chander wiped out his daughter's family -- all because she had defied him by marrying the wrong man, prosecutors said in court Tuesday ( Read more... )

This week, while reading in From Shame to Peace, the thought hit me whether it could be that some traditional, strongly group-oriented societies are as abusive as a dysfunctional family ( Read more... )

by James EmeryIf a woman brings shame to the family -- through allegations of premarital or extramarital sex, by refusing an arranged marriage, or attempting to obtain a divorce -- her male relatives are bound by duty and culture to murder her ( Read more... )

From the Wikipedia (please read the whole entry at the website)Honor killing in national legal codes ( Read more... )

By Gideon Long, Thu Dec 8, 8:14 AM ET

LONDON (Reuters) - Rukhsana Naz was 19 when her mother pinned her to the floor of their family house and her brother strangled her with a length of plastic cable.Sahjda Bibi, 21, was preparing to celebrate her wedding when her cousin stabbed her 22 times with a kitchen knife. The father of 16-year-old Heshu ( Read more... )