honour based violence

Two brothers have been indicted in the Swedish city of Gothenburg for killing their own mother and injuring her boyfriend in an apparently honour-motivated murder.

According to the National Suppression of Honor Prevention of Childhood and Forced Marriage, a hotline set up for victims, the number of calls from those wanting to get out of forced or child marriages has steadily increased in Sweden.

Police are continuing a massive manhunt for an Afghan national in connection with the brutal murder of his former partner, a Syrian migrant, and her mother.

A 19-year-girl of Indian Muslim heritage has been allegedly kidnapped, raped and murdered because she had begun a relationship with an Arab Muslim man.

‘Honour crimes’ in Britain’s Asian communities are not being brought to trial to avoid causing social unrest, a London police officer has revealed.

Three Muslim men from Lancashire accused of honour-based violence have avoided prison despite being found guilty of attacking the boyfriend of one of their sisters. Preston Crown Court was told Kasim Ali, 25, targeted Aquib Baig because his extended family did not approve

The already controversial issue of the European migrant crisis has worsened as countries face the problem of granting asylum to girls who got married in Syria but fall below the age of consent in their adopted country. The issue of Syrian child