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Honor Killings Move West
Tuesday, November 11, 2003
By Amy Kellogg
LONDONG � In some parts of some countries in the Middle East and
South Asia, the penalty for a particularly shocking sort of murder is
basically nothing, because honor killing is simply a tradition.
But it's a tradition some immigrants are taking with them to Britain, where
police are on a mission to end the practice that they say has no
honor.
In one case, a young 16-year-old Kurdish girl, Heshu
Yones (search), moved to England with her family who
were refugees from Saddam Hussein's Iraqi. She embraced the ways of her
new home but was still proud to be a Kurd (search) � she dressed up, wore makeup and fell in
love.
For that, her father stabbed her 17 times with a kitchen knife last October
and killed her. He recently pleaded guilty to the murder. The girl apparently
planned to run away but decided not to because she thought it would ruin her
family.
The killing apparently was sparked by the belief that she brought shame to
the family. Women who want a divorce, reject an arranged marriage or have
a boyfriend while living with their parents sometimes are killed because their
actions are perceived as a dishonor to the family.
Heshu's case was a wake-up call for London's police. Dozens more similar
cases have been identified within the past year and police and citizens are
now working to raise awareness of the issue.
"Many women, unfortunately, in our country had little rights so we don't
know what our rights are when we come here," said Diani Nammi of
the Iranian and Kurdish Women's Rights Project (search).
Nammi said the men and women in her community who support honor
killing are part of a minority but changing their views may
take a long time.
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