Friday, April 4, 2008

Twofer:

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Stoned to death for committing adultery

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A man and a woman have reportedly been stoned to death by the Taliban after being found guilty of adultery by a tribal court in Pakistan's border region. The stoning was carried out in a tribal area on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan where the Taliban has a strong presence (Snip) The pair had been captured by the Taliban after eloping about two weeks ago from a border area known as the Mohmand Agency. A complaint was made that the woman, married to another man, had been kidnapped...

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Tortured and murdered ... by her father ... in UK
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Two British police forces failed a young Kurdish woman who was tortured, raped and murdered in an honour killing plotted by her family, the police watchdog concluded. Investigations by the police in England's West Midlands and Scotland Yard in London let down Banaz Mahmod after not taking seriously death threats against her, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said. The 20-year-old was raped and garrotted during an ordeal lasting more than two-and-a-half hours at her family home in south London last year...

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thank you for blogging about these atrocities.

Ellen R. Sheeley, Author
"Reclaiming Honor in Jordan"