Category: Women’s Rights Matter

Canada – Reports on Ottawa “honor killing” of Khatera Sadiqi by her brother

(Canada) ‘Honour killing’ trial hears details of shooting
— Sister Khatera Sadiqi killed by Hasibullah Sadiqi
— Accused in ‘honour killing’ lost control, court told

(Canada) Accused told pal plans to ‘get rid’ of couple
— “‘He asked me if I wanted to go to mosque to say a prayer for her,’ said Fazli. ‘He said, ‘She’ll become a martyr. She’s in paradise now.””
— Sister Khatera Sadiqi killed by Hasibullah Sadiqi

(Canada) Sadiqi troubled by sister’s engagement before killing, trial hears
— Sister Khatera Sadiqi killed by Hasibullah Sadiqi

(Canada) Honour killings ‘act of purifying through blood’: Expert
— “Honour killings involve a cleansing of dishonour aimed at restoring a family’s respect after the so-called ‘misbehaviour’ of female relatives, an expert told the Ottawa murder trial of Hasibullah Sadiqi on Friday.”
— “Shahrzad Mojab, a University of Toronto professor”
— Sister Khatera Sadiqi killed by Hasibullah Sadiqi
— ‘Honour killings’ about men asserting control over women, expert tells Sadiqi murder trial

(Canada) Accused in ‘honour killing’ told friend, ‘I had to do what I had to do,’ trial told
— “Friend described killing sister, fiance, witness testifies”
— Sister Khatera Sadiqi killed by Hasibullah Sadiqi

(Canada) Ottawa Citizen: “Family ‘honour’ will never be a legitimate reason to kill someone, in Canada, or anywhere else.”

(Canada) Mother breaks down during testimony in honour-killing trial
— Khatera Sadiqi killed

(Canada) Brother shot couple in honour killing, jury told
— Khatera Sadiqi killed
— “A witness is expected to testify that Mr. Sadiqi said after the killing that he believed his sister would be a martyr and go to paradise”

(Canada) Ottawa court hears opening statements in alleged ‘honour killing’
— “Assistant Crown attorney Mark Moors told an Ottawa court that Hasibullah Sadiqi shot his sister, Khatera Sadiqi, and her fiance, Feroz Mangal”
— “Sadiqi ‘believed that his sister had brought dishonour on the Sadiqi name,’ Moors said, later adding that a witness is expected to testify that the accused said after the killing that he believed his sister would be a martyr and go to paradise”
— Additional report

(Canada) Tearful mother speaks of abuse at ‘honour killing’ trial

Phyllis Chesler Article on Ottawa Trial Over “Honor Killing”
— “Brother on Trial for Killing Sister in Ottawa: Guess Where He’s Originally From”

Saudi judge: It’s OK to slap spendthrift wives


Saudi judge: It’s OK to slap spendthrift wives
— Judge Hamad Al-Razine made the remark “during a seminar on domestic violence”
— Al-Razine “also pointed out that women’s indecent behavior and use of offensive words against their husbands were some of the reasons for domestic violence in the country”
— UPI
— Saudi women’s rights activist Wajeha Al-Huwaider: “This is how men in Saudi Arabia see women… They’ve been raised to see women this way, that they’re less than a person.”

(Afghanistan) New ‘poisoning’ hits 98 Afghan schoolgirls

(Afghanistan) New ‘poisoning’ hits 98 Afghan schoolgirls
— Taliban using poison gas on Afghan schoolgirls?
— 84 Afghan girls hospitalized in apparent poisoning
— “At least 84 Afghan schoolgirls were admitted to a hospital Tuesday for headaches and vomiting in the third apparent poison attack on a girls school in as many weeks, officials and doctors said”
— AP describes suspects not as extremists, but as “conservative extremist groups”