Honour Killings

How an organisation called Evidence is fighting against 'honour killings', by aiding victims in legal cases

Evidence's Founding Executive Director Kathir @ Vincent Raj talks about the complexities of honour killing cases, and the strong hold that caste continues to have on the people of Tamil Nadu | #FirstCulture

Supreme Court to seek suggestions from NGO, khap panchayats to reduce honour killing incidents

The Supreme Court Monday sought suggestions from an NGO, an amicus curiae, and Khap Panchayats on ways to prevent harassment and killing of young couples in the name of family honour for inter-caste or intra-clan (gotra) marriages

From triple talaq to honour killing, 'tradition' is an excuse used to suppress women

From triple talaq to honour killings, sati, johar, infanticide — why are traditions that harm women seen as protective mechanisms?

Pakistani man stoned to death in suspected case of honour killing

A 43-year-old man in Punjab province has been stoned to death, in an apparent case of honour killing, according to a media report on Thursday.

'Islamophobia' Phobia: Politics of offence and the death sentence for debate culture in JNU

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), which is known to be a contestatory space, such that even the subdued walls of the SSS canteen soaked in the sticking glue of the parcha-poster culture, seem to be shouting up at the smug building windows, engaged in endless debate.

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Get lost tharki awam: Qandeel Baloch killed, but her message to misogynists lives

In death, Qandeel Baloch left behind a message that people who watched her by the night and threatened her by day shouldn't forget: Get lost tharki awam

A haunting tale of dangerous inter-caste love: Read Perumal Murugan's 'Pyre'

Tamil writer Perumal Murugan’s Pyre, recently translated by Aniruddhan Vasudevan, tells a haunting tale of inter-caste love threatened by societal prejudice

Pakistan man shoots teenage niece for listening to 'loud' music

A Pakistani man shot dead his teenage niece because she was listening to loud music, police said on Tuesday.

Horror of honour killings continue: Girl shot dead by brother in Meerut

In a suspected case of honour killing, a girl was allegedly shot dead by her brother in their house under the Jani police station in the district, police said on Tuesday.