Monday, May 21, 2007

"Honor Killings"

I was looking at CNN's home page last Friday and came upon this article. It is about a 17 -year old girl who was dragged out of her home and stoned to death by her family members and others in BROAD DAYLIGHT. Uniformed officers were present, but did nothing to stop the "honor killing".

Thousands of "honor killings" are reported yearly, around the world. Iraq has already reported at least a dozen. Honor killings are described as stoning someone to death, due to the family member shaming the family. Dua, the girl that was murdered last month, was seen with a man of another religion. She had been blamed for converting to that religion (Sunni) and for marrying the man- she hadn't done either.

*this video is graphic, so be cautious... however, please pass this around so crimes like this aren't hidden from the world. It makes you be VERY grateful for living in the US, where women have rights.

http://www.cnn.com/video/partners/clickability/index.html?url=/video/world/2007/05/18/todd.stoning.death.cnn