Buffalo News reports on wrongful death lawsuit associated with the case of Muzzammil “Mo” Hassan beheaded his wife Aasiya Zubair Hassan, in what has been called an “honor killing,” in Buffalo, New York area.
— “Lawyers for the estate of Aasiya Zubair Hassan, the woman killed and beheaded in her cable television studio, have filed a notice of claim, indicating they intend to sue the Town of Orchard Park, Erie County and the Erie County Sheriff’s Department for failing to prevent her death in February of last year.”
— “Another wrongful death suit is under way against Hassan’s husband and the Bridges TV network that the couple founded in 2004 to raise the profile of moderate American Muslims.”
Aasiya Zubair Hassan - Suspected Victim of "Honor Killing" in Buffalo, NY
Helen Bako, who comes from the Jos area and now works as a social worker in Southern California, is the founder of Nigerian Women Against Violence.
She told ANS that the protest against “the recent bloodshed in Jos and the surrounding areas,” will take place at 11:00 AM on Saturday, March 20, 2010, at the the Gateway Sheraton, 6101 West Century Boulevard, Los Angeles, close to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) where representatives of the Nigerian government will be staying.
“Hundreds of women and children were brutally murdered by machetes and swords in Jos ten days ago,” Helen Bako told ANS. “Villagers continue to be attacked. Where was the Nigerian government? Where was the army? Where was the police? What are the facts?”
Smoke rises in Jos after latest round of violence
She added that Nigerian Women Against Violence calls on the international community and the United Nations to “hold the Government of Nigeria accountable to protect the lives of its citizens.”
She went on to say, “We believe the Nigerian Government has a responsibility to protect its children, its women, and its men, no matter what their religion. We call for an end of bloodshed in Nigeria no matter whose blood is shed.
“We call the Nigerian Government to invite an independent inquiry from the United Nations to establish what happened over the last several weeks in Jos. We want the world to know what happened. We don’t want it to happen again. We are Nigerian woman. We are against violence. We call on our government to protect us and to protect our children.”
Nigerian Women Against Violence is a grass-roots organization of women dedicated to uncovering violence in Nigeria and doing what we can to make it stop.
For more information, contact Helen Bako, Nigerian Women Against Violence. Telephone: (714) 673-7770, FAX: (714) 734-8305
E-mail: bakohe@aol.com
Helen Bako, Nigerian Women Against Violence (Photo: ANS)
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Asia News reports:
— “Egyptian security forces have arrested 13 Coptic Christians – including four minors, subsequently released – victims of the attack on 12 March. They are being charged with illegal religious assembly, damage to public property, arson and assault. About a dozen Muslims, from a total of 2000 perpetrators, have been detained over the assault against 400 Coptic faithful at the Church of St. Michael in Mersa Matrouh in the north-west of Egypt.”
— “The violence was sparked by extremists, incited by the local Imam, Mohamad Khamis Khamis, during Friday prayers. From the microphones of the mosque of Al-Ansar, located near the church of Saint Micheal, near the building that housed the Copts, the Islamist leader urged the faithful to ‘holy war’ against the Christian place of worship, ordering its destruction, and calling for the expulsion of the ‘infidels.'”
— “The crowd was trapped inside the church and the Copts attacked them, raiding the homes before setting them on fire. The raid resulted in the wounding of 23 Christians, including two seriously, so who have been sent to Victoria Hospital in Alexandria, 200 km away. Sources of the local church denounced the complete devastation of 18 houses, four shops and 18 cars (pictured). ‘These people are completely ruined,’ says the activist Wagih Yacoub.”
Image from Attack on Copts on March 12, 2010 (Photo: AsiaNews)
