Legalized Murder: Killing for 'Honor'. Laura Jamison.
by Jamison, Laura; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 54Human Relations. Publisher: Amnesty Now, 2003ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Family violence | Honor killings | Human rights -- Jordan | Jordan -- Politics and government | Murder | Virginity | Women -- Jordan | Women's rightsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Though such crimes are widely known to be under-reported, the U.N. Population Fund estimates that more than 5,000 women are killed for reasons of honor every year....In some countries, such as Jordan...the acts are wholly legal or barely punished." (AMNESTY NOW) This article examines how one woman is hoping the story of her friend, the victim of an "honor" killing, "the practice of murdering women whose chastity has been tarnished--whether by rape or mere rumor," will draw attention to this disturbing practice which is legal in many countries.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Legalized Murder: Killing for 'Honor', Summer 2003; pp. 18-19.
"Though such crimes are widely known to be under-reported, the U.N. Population Fund estimates that more than 5,000 women are killed for reasons of honor every year....In some countries, such as Jordan...the acts are wholly legal or barely punished." (AMNESTY NOW) This article examines how one woman is hoping the story of her friend, the victim of an "honor" killing, "the practice of murdering women whose chastity has been tarnished--whether by rape or mere rumor," will draw attention to this disturbing practice which is legal in many countries.
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