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Turkey: Girl Buried Alive in “Honor Killing” for Befriending Boys

Turkey: Girl Buried Alive in “Honor Killing” for Befriending Boys

By R.E.A.L. Organization • on February 4, 2010

– Hurriyet: “Girl buried alive in honor killing in Turkey” – Hurriyet reports “A 16-year-old girl was buried alive by relatives in southeastern Turkey in a gruesome honor killing carried out because she reportedly befriended

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Canada: Preliminary Hearing in Death of Teenage Girls Described by Police as “Honor Killing”

Canada: Preliminary Hearing in Death of Teenage Girls Described by Police as “Honor Killing”

By R.E.A.L. Organization • on February 4, 2010

Report on preliminary hearing in death of three teenage girls described by police as “Honor Killing” — Zainab, Sahari and Geeti Shafia CTV Montreal reports:

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Saudi girl, 12, drops bid to divorce 80-year-old

Saudi girl, 12, drops bid to divorce 80-year-old

By R.E.A.L. Organization • on February 2, 2010

Saudi girl, 12, drops bid to divorce 80-year-old NY Post / AFP reports: A 12-year-old Saudi girl unexpectedly gave up her petition for divorce from an 80-year-old man her father forced her

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Turkey: Bliss: Turkish hit ducks hot issues of honor killings

Turkey: Bliss: Turkish hit ducks hot issues of honor killings

By R.E.A.L. Organization • on January 31, 2010

Turkey: Bliss: Turkish hit ducks hot issues of honour killings – Toronto Star: rape victim in film told to be murdered by her family for “shaming her kin”

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Rifqa Bary Case: Agreement between Rifqa Bary, parents to settle conflict short-lived

Rifqa Bary Case: Agreement between Rifqa Bary, parents to settle conflict short-lived

By R.E.A.L. Organization • on January 30, 2010

– New motion filed in Franklin County Juvenile Court – Columbus Dispatch reports: “The motion says: ‘The parents now believe the entire

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Pakistan: Violence against women increases by 27 percent: official

Pakistan: Violence against women increases by 27 percent: official

By R.E.A.L. Organization • on January 28, 2010

Pakistan: Violence against women increases by 27 pc: official

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Indonesia: Hundreds dressed down by sharia officers during raid on clothing

Indonesia: Hundreds dressed down by sharia officers during raid on clothing

By R.E.A.L. Organization • on January 28, 2010

Indonesia: Hundreds dressed down by sharia officers during raid on clothing – 100 women detained for wearing pants in Indonesia’s Aceh by “Sharia officers” –

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Spain: Imam in Spain charged for menacing woman over veil — Mohamed Benbrahim

Spain: Imam in Spain charged for menacing woman over veil — Mohamed Benbrahim

By R.E.A.L. Organization • on January 28, 2010

Spain: Imam in Spain charged for menacing woman over veil — Mohamed Benbrahim – AP: “Charges have been filed against an imam in northeastern

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Group raps Lebanon, Jordan for mistreating Palestinians – tolerating “honor killings” in Jordan and Syria

Group raps Lebanon, Jordan for mistreating Palestinians – tolerating “honor killings” in Jordan and Syria

By R.E.A.L. Organization • on January 26, 2010

Group raps Lebanon, Jordan for mistreating Palestinians – Haaretz: “The governments of Jordan and Lebanon failed to adequately protect the rights of Palestinians, a new report by the group Human Rights Watch charged on Tuesday.” –

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Bangladesh: Rape victim receives 101 lashes for becoming pregnant

Bangladesh: Rape victim receives 101 lashes for becoming pregnant

By R.E.A.L. Organization • on January 25, 2010

Bangladesh: Rape victim receives 101 lashes for becoming pregnant – Daily Telegraph reports: – “The girl’s father was also fined and warned

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Saudi Arabia: Rape victim might be lashed 100 times

Saudi Arabia: Rape victim might be lashed 100 times

By R.E.A.L. Organization • on January 22, 2010

Saudi Arabia: Rape victim might be lashed 100 times – AsiaNews.it: “A woman jailed after being raped could be lashed 100 times. Camille, an invented name, is a 35- year-old immigrant from

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Buffalo Beheading Case: Muzzammil Hassan Attorney to Claim Murder of Wife “Was Justified”

Buffalo Beheading Case: Muzzammil Hassan Attorney to Claim Murder of Wife “Was Justified”

By R.E.A.L. Organization • on January 22, 2010

This posting provides updates in the trial of Muzzammil Hassan, who beheaded

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Ohio – Rifqa Bary Case: Counseling next for Rifqa, family

Ohio – Rifqa Bary Case: Counseling next for Rifqa, family

By R.E.A.L. Organization • on January 20, 2010

Ohio – Rifqa Bary Case: Counseling next for Rifqa, family – Columbus Dispatch reports: “Judge decides to keep teen in foster care until she decides to go home or

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Mauritanian Muslim leaders ban female genital mutilation, say Qur’an does not endorse practice

Mauritanian Muslim leaders ban female genital mutilation, say Qur’an does not endorse practice

By R.E.A.L. Organization • on January 19, 2010

Mauritanian Muslim leaders ban female genital mutilation, say Qur’an does not endorse practice

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Indonesia: Aceh’s Shariah Police ‘Stained Forever’ by Gang Rape

Indonesia: Aceh’s Shariah Police ‘Stained Forever’ by Gang Rape

By R.E.A.L. Organization • on January 14, 2010

Indonesia: Aceh’s Shariah Police ‘Stained Forever’ by Gang Rape – Jakarta Globe: Indonesia “Sharia police” “gang-raped and tortured a female student at the

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Arizona – Noor Almaleki “Honor Killing” – Lawyer for Accused Father Says Prosecutors Should Not “wrongly seek the death penalty against his client because he is a Muslim”

Arizona – Noor Almaleki “Honor Killing” – Lawyer for Accused Father Says Prosecutors Should Not “wrongly seek the death penalty against his client because he is a Muslim”

By R.E.A.L. Organization • on January 13, 2010

Arizona Republic reports on comments by Attorney Billie Little for Faleh Hassan Almaleki accused of murdering his 20 year old daughter Noor Almaleki in an “honor killing” for

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UAE: British Woman Raped, Then Arrested and Put in Jail for “Illegal Sex”

UAE: British Woman Raped, Then Arrested and Put in Jail for “Illegal Sex”

By R.E.A.L. Organization • on January 8, 2010

Multiple press accounts report that a 23 year old British Muslim woman raped in the United Arab Emirate’s (UAE) Dubai was arrested and jailed for having “illegal sex.”  The

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Saudi Woman Challenges Male-Only Polygamy, Accused of Blasphemy

Saudi Woman Challenges Male-Only Polygamy, Accused of Blasphemy

By R.E.A.L. Organization • on January 6, 2010

Saudi journalist Nadine Bedair raised the question of why only men are allowed to practice polygamy, but not women.  For this, she has been accused of blasphemy, being

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Arizona – Noor Almaleki “Honor Killing”: Father charged with murder may need mental exam

Arizona – Noor Almaleki “Honor Killing”: Father charged with murder may need mental exam

By R.E.A.L. Organization • on January 6, 2010

Arizona – Noor Almaleki “Honor Killing”: Iraqi dad charged with murder may need mental exam – AP: “An Iraqi immigrant accused of killing his 20-year-old daughter because he believed she

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Somalia: Christian woman killed

Somalia: Christian woman killed

By R.E.A.L. Organization • on January 1, 2010

– “A Somalia Christian, 45 year old Amina Muse Ali was murdered in her home in Galkayo in Puntland region of Somalia on by three masked members of an militant Islamic group” – “The Overcomers

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