Honour Killing

• Indian courts will ‘do justice’ in Jassi Sidhu honour killing case: Ujjal Dosanjh

  "Because of the scrutiny on this particular case internationally, across international borders, they'll do a good job."

  Crime

  Jan 24, 2019
  
• Mother and uncle of Jassi Sidhu extradited to India to face honour killing charges

  Jassi Sidhu, 25, was kidnapped and murdered in the Punjab 18-years-ago, after defying her family and secretly marrying a poor rickshaw driver.

  Crime

  Jan 24, 2019
  
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• Supreme Court of Canada to hear extradition order against mother, uncle for ‘honour killing’ of Jassi Sidhu

  Two B.C. residents accused in the 2000 honour killing of Jaswinder 'Jassi' Sidhu in India could soon find out if they'll be extradited to that country to face trial.

  Canada

  Mar 20, 2017
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• India records huge spike in ‘honour killings’ in 2015

  India has registered nearly an 800 per cent spike in the number of so-called honour killings reported last year, leading state officials and women's rights groups to urge investigations into how such crimes persist.

  Crime

  Dec 7, 2016
• ‘I could not let it go’: A look inside the mind of a Pakistan ‘honour’ killer

  For generations now in Pakistan, they've called it "honour" killing, carried out in the name of a family's reputation.

  World

  Oct 3, 2016
• Pakistani model Qandeel Baloch’s brother admits he killed her for ‘honour’

  The brother of slain Pakistani model Qandeel Baloch on Sunday confessed to strangling her to death for "family honour" because she posted "shameful" pictures on Facebook.

  World

  Jul 17, 2016
• ‘I have killed my daughter’: Pakistan ‘honour’ killings grow more brutal

  The death an 18-year-old woman, who was doused with kerosene and set on fire, in Lahore is the latest in a series of increasingly gruesome "honour killings" in Pakistan.

  World

  Jul 4, 2016
• Woman beheaded over affair with cousin in northern India: police

  Two brothers in northern India beheaded their teenage sister and carried her head through their village because they disapproved of her romantic relationship with a cousin, police said Wednesday.

  World

  Aug 19, 2015
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• City of Edmonton sued for pulling ‘honour killing’ bus ad

  Why the City of Edmonton is being sued after removing controversial bus advertisements depicting Canadian and American victims of honour killings.

  Canada

  Jul 7, 2014
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• Mom, uncle accused in ‘honour killing’ appeal

  The mother and uncle of a young British Columbia woman murdered in a so-called honour killing are appealing their extradition to face charges in her death.

  Jun 5, 2014