(U.S.) St. Louis: Tina Isa America’s First “Honor Killing” ?

(U.S.) St. Louis: Tina Isa America’s “Honor Killing”
— first known U.S. “honor killing” in 1989 in St. Louis – Tina Isa, aka Palestina Isa (16 years old)
— “A daughter killed by her father for causing dishonor for her family in her father’s eyes. Earlier in the day, Tina had applied for a part-time job at a local Saint Louis Wendy’s Restaurant against her parents’ wishes, and without their permission. Recently she had begun seeing a black boy from school”
— “Tina’s father stabs her with a butcher knife 13 times in the chest, while Tina’s mother Maria holds her daughter down.”

 

Update: On December 20, 1991 both Zein and Maria Isa were convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death. On April 1, 1993, Zein was indicted by the FBI in connection with his terrorist activities within Abu Nidal Organization, but the charges were dropped as he was already on death row for his daughter’s murder. He later died of diabetes complications on February 17, 1997. Maria’s death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment without parole; she died April 30, 2014, at a Vandalia, MO, prison at age 70

Communist China: Last Tiananmen ‘hooligan’ released from prison

(Communist China) Last Tiananmen ‘hooligan’ released from prison
— “The Dui Hua Foundation said Liu Zhihua was one of four workers who organized a factory strike in the central province of Hunan to protest the June 3-4 military action, which left hundreds if not thousands dead”
— “Liu, Peng Shi and Liu Jian were given life sentences on the now-obsolete charge of hooliganism. The fourth man, Chen Gang, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve. All the sentences were reduced over the years, the group said”
— “Earlier this month, Dui Hua estimated that 30 men remain in prison for clashes with China’s military during the Tiananmen crackdown, a steep drop from the original 60 it said were still behind bars”
See also:
http://www.duihua.org/2009/05/last-known-june-fourth-hooligan.html
http://www.duihua.org/2009/05/dui-hua-reduces-estimate-of-remaining.html
http://www.duihua.org/index.htm

Communist China to punish army officers for neglecting Communist Party

China to punish army officers for neglecting Communist Party
— “China’s Communist leadership has said it would punish military officers if they show signs of losing faith in the party and its ideology.”
— The Central Military Commission (CMC) “has issued a circular to officers saying it will keep a close watch to determine that uniformed officers follow the military disciplines and show loyalty to the Communist Party.”

(U.S.) New Jersey: Who’s Behind the “Klansmen’s Voice?” — Ku Klux Klan

(U.S.) New Jersey: Who’s Behind the “Klansmen’s Voice?” — Ku Klux Klan
— “Several people complained about the newsletters popping up in Tabernacle, N.J.”
— “The newsletter — called the “Klansmen’s Voice” — claims to be written by local members of the Ku Klux Klan. The four-page newsletter was wrapped in plastic and began appearing on driveways in the Burlington County town a couple of weeks back.”
— “The hateful KKK newsletter questions the accuracy of Black History and cites crime statistics that claim minorities are more violent than whites.”

— Related Report:
— Legislators call for investigation of KKK newsletter distribution in Tabernacle
—– “Three state lawmakers have asked the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office to investigate the distribution of a Ku-Klux Klan newsletter to homes in Burlington County.”
—– “The newsletter titled ‘The Klansmen’s Voice: A publication of the United Nation and Southern Knights of the Ku Klux Klan’ was delivered door-to-door to an unspecified number of homes in Tabernacle, according to officials in the 8th Legislative District Office of state Sen. State Sen. Phil Haines, of Springfield, Assemblywoman Dawn Marie Addiego, of Evesham and Assemblyman Scott Rudder, of Medford”
—– “The newsletter contains racist rhetoric that targets Black History Month and historical figures such as Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Malcolm X among others as well as President Barack Obama”

(Turkey) Top court lenient on ‘honor killing’

(Turkey) Top court lenient on ‘honor killing’
— Istanbul: “The top appeals court has upheld a lower court’s decision to be lenient on those who are found guilty of honor killing because the two families in Diyarbakir involved in the case faced social estrangement if they had not acted as they did”
— As a result of a rumor that a woman was having an affair, “her husband’s family decided to murder the girl and ordered the 16-year-old brother of the husband to do the deed, hoping the courts would be lenient toward him because of his age”
— “The 16-year-old was given an unregistered gun by his mother, brother and uncle and told to shoot his sister-in-law. He shot her five times in the presence of other family members. His uncle checked the body and told the boy to shoot her a few more times to ensure she was dead.”

(UK) Charity to sue over domestic violence murder victim Sabina Akhtar

(UK) Charity to sue over domestic violence murder victim Sabina Akhtar
— “A charity that campaigns for victims of domestic violence is to sue a police force and the Crown Prosecution Service over allegations that it failed to protect a woman who was murdered by her husband”
— “She went to the police to complain that he had attacked her 25 times and made repeated threats to kill her. On one occasion he had told her to prepare for death by reading passages from the Koran adding: ‘I am going to get a knife and when I return I am going to slaughter you.'”

— “Using both hands to squeeze her windpipe he told her to read her Koran warning: ‘This is your final hour.'”

— BBC report

— UK Guardian report

(Jordan) Two brothers charged with premeditated murder of their married sister

(Jordan) Two brothers charged with premeditated murder of their married sister
— “claiming to have killed their sister to cleanse their family’s honour”
— “Criminal Prosecutor Ahmad Omari on Sunday charged two brothers with the premeditated murder of their married sister in the latest so-called honour crime, official sources said”
— “The 30-year-old woman, a mother of six, was reportedly stabbed to death with a switchblade, allegedly by her brothers aged, 44 and 19, at her father’s home on Saturday”
— “The victim became the 10th person reportedly murdered for reasons of honour in the Kingdom this year and the second this month”