[news] "Honor Crimes"

[Mostly Water - mostlywater.org = news.resist.ca]

Human rights abuses committed against women -- most often by male relatives -- in the name of "family honor" are called "honor crimes." They include battery, torture, mutilation, rape, forced marriage, imprisonment within the home, and even murder...The underlying purpose of "honor crimes" is to maintain men's power in families and communities by denying women basic -- and internationally recognized -- rights to make autonomous decisions about issues such as marriage, divorce, and whether and with whom to have sex.

URL: http://mostlywater.org/node/4525