Honour Killings

• Swedish city advises girls facing genital mutilation threat to hide spoon in underwear

  Activists in Gothenburg are advising girls being taken abroad for forced marriage or female genital mutilation to tuck a spoon in their underwear before going through airport security.

  World

  May 21, 2018
  
• Mother convicted of drowning daughters in ‘honour killing’ deaths ordered deported

  Tooba Yahya, husband Mohammad Shafia and their son, Hamed, were each found guilty in 2012 on four counts of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years.

  Crime

  Mar 16, 2018
  
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• Couple who killed four family members sued by former lawyer over legal fees

  A couple convicted of killing their three teenage daughters and another family member are being sued by the woman's former lawyer, who alleges he is owed nearly $135,000 in legal fees.

  Crime

  Mar 22, 2017
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• Shafia family appeal of murder convictions rejected by Ontario court

  A father, mother and son found guilty in the drowning deaths of three teenaged sisters and another woman who had apparently shamed the family lost their bid Wednesday to overturn their first-degree murder convictions.

  Crime

  Nov 2, 2016
• ‘Overwhelming’ evidence in Shafia case could only have led to guilty verdicts: Crown

  Crown lawyers are arguing it was a father convicted of murdering his three daughters and his first wife - and not an expert witness - who introduced honour killings in his original trial.

  Canada

  Mar 4, 2016
• Lawyer tells court Shafia family member underage when convicted in ‘honour killings’

  The lawyer for a man who, along with his parents, was convicted of first-degree murder in the deaths of four family members, is arguing his client was a youth at the time of the offences and deserves a new trial.

  Canada

  Mar 3, 2016
• Shafia family appeal their murder conviction

  The Shafias argue the trial judge was wrong to admit evidence from an expert on honour killings.

  Canada

  Oct 14, 2015
• Why are women in Pakistan and India at risk of brutal violence?

  The gang rape of two young cousins in India and the stoning death of a pregnant woman in Pakistan highlight the terrible state of women's rights in these South Asian nations and their governments’ failure to protect women.

  World

  May 30, 2014
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• Pakistan stoning: Farzana Parveen’s husband says he killed first wife

  The husband of Farzana Parveen, who was stoned to death for marrying a man her family didn't approve of, has admitted to murdering his previous wife.

  Crime

  May 29, 2014