Saturday, January 20, 2007

Pain of Afghan Suicide Women

Pain of Afghan suicide women

Afghanistan

Deputy minister of women's affairs Maliha Sahak says that 197 incidents of self-immolation have been recorded since March 2006, 35 of them in Kandahar province alone. A total of 69
women lost their lives.


Britain.

Honour Killings in the UK

In the UK, murders have sometimes taken place after a family has reacted violently to their son or daughter taking on the trappings of western culture. Killings are often disguised as suicide, fire or an accident.

Overview

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