Vermont: Professor linked to white pride

(U.S.) Vermont: Professor linked to white pride
— “Civil rights group says Griffin is a neo-Nazi; others disagree”
— “For more than 30 years, Robert S. Griffin has taught education courses at the University of Vermont.”
— “But when he is not in the classroom, Griffin is a prolific writer on the topic of white pride — and his books and essays are extremely popular among the white supremacist and neo-Nazi movements in the United States.”
— “Griffin, a tenured professor at the Burlington university, is the writer of a fawning biography of William Pierce, the late leader of the pro-white National Alliance movement, whose book, “The Turner Diaries,” an apocalyptic race war novel, inspired Timothy McVeigh.”
— “Griffin could not be reached for comment this week, by phone and e-mail, although he has defended his views to media outlets in the past. Nine years ago he told the Village Voice that he did not agree with Pierce and was simply a ‘conduit’ for his views.”
— But others take a far different perspective. ‘Dr. Griffin is a neo-Nazi,’ said Heidi Beirich, the director of research at the Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights organization that also tracks hate groups across the country. ‘Because of his writings, he’s a major player in the white supremacist and neo-Nazi movements.'”

(U.S.) Legislation to Eliminate Child Marriage Passed in House of Representatives

(U.S.) Legislation to Eliminate Child Marriage Passed in House of Representatives
— “The International Protecting Girls by Preventing Child Marriage Act of 2009, an initiative to end child marriage in developing countries, passed in the House of Representatives on a 235-187 vote last week as part of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act.”

Washington DC – FBI: Holocaust Museum suspect expected to survive

DC – FBI: Holocaust Museum suspect expected to survive

“FBI Supervisory Special Agent Katherine Schweit said in a written statement Saturday that government lawyers told court officials that James von Brunn (vahn BRUHN’) ‘was in critical, but stable, condition with an expectation of survival.’ They made the statement Thursday when von Brunn’s case was called for an initial appearance hearing.”

UK: Suspected “Honor Killing” – Update on Shafilea Ahmed Case

(UK) Father fails in fight to change unlawful killing verdict
— Shafilea Ahmed
— “A few months earlier, she had refused an arranged marriage, and, during a visit to Pakistan to meet
a prospective husband, had drunk bleach and spent five weeks in hospital.”
— “After her death, police initially worked on the theory that she had been the victim of an honour killing
and arrested and questioned her parents, Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed, on suspicion of kidnapping”
— “But a Crown Prosecution Service investigation found there was no chance of anyone being convicted
on the evidence available”

—  Previous Reports:
— “A Muslim girl who had refused her family’s wish to have an arranged marriage was murdered,
a coroner ruled yesterday.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1575306/Shafilea-Ahmed-was-murdered.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1575307/Shafilea-Ahmed-Timeline.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1455201/Teenagers-body-had-been-hidden.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shafilea_Ahmed

Turkey: Lawyers: Abused Turkish woman in hiding — Nahide Opuz

(Turkey) Lawyers: Abused Turkish woman in hiding — Nahide Opuz
— “In 2002, Nahide Opuz’s ex-husband, Huseyin Opuz, shot and killed her mother in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir. Prior to that, he ran over the two women once with a car, and in a separate assault, stabbed Nahide Opuz seven times with a knife.”
— “Police detained the assailant after both incidents and then released him after fining him. Huseyin Opuz remains free after serving six years for the killing of his mother-in-law.”
— European Court of Human Rights: “A court spokesman said this was the first time the court ruled a government had violated Article 14 of the European Convention of Human Rights,  which prohibits discrimination in connection with a domestic abuse case.”

European court rules against Turkey in domestic violence case
— “In a landmark decision on domestic violence, the European Court of Human Rights has said Turkey failed to protect a woman from being murdered by her son-in-law and ordered Ankara to pay damages”

April 11: Turkey – Extremists Criticize “Feminist” Reporting on So-Called “Honor Killings”
March 24: Turkey: Poll – Over a Quarter Support Extremist “Honor Killings”