Dishonour: The report highlighted the worrying scale
of violence suffered by many women in conservative
Muslim Pakistan
- Report by Pakistan's leading human rights group reveals at least 943 women were killed
- However, many cases are thought to have been covered up by relatives and sympathetic police officers
|
Nearly 1,000 women and girls in Pakistan were murdered in 2011 in honour killings, worrying figures have revealed.
A new report by Pakistan's leading human rights group has revealed at least 943 women were killed last year by their fathers, husbands or brothers for damaging their family name. Ninety-three of those killed were minors.
However, the true number of those killed is thought to be far higher.
Many cases are thought to have been covered up by relatives and sympathetic police officers, the report revealed.
The figure of 943 was an increase of more than 100 the previous year in 2010.
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan's annual report highlighted the worrying scale of violence suffered by many women in conservative Muslim Pakistan, where they are frequently treated as second-class citizens and there is no law against domestic violence.
The report said: 'At least 943 women were killed in the name of honour, of which 93 were minors,' wrote the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan in its annual report.'
It concluded: 'Throughout the year, women were callously killed in the name of 'honour' when they went against family wishes in any way, or even on the basis of suspicion that they did so.
'Women were sometimes killed in the name of "honour" over property disputes and inheritance rights.'
No comments:
Post a Comment