June 17, 2009 War on Women News - RealCourage.org

Jordan: Court convicts man in honor crime attempt
-- "A Jordanian court has convicted a man of attempting to kill his sister to cleanse his family’s honor
and sentenced him to 7 1/2 years in jail."
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view/2009_06_17_Jordan:_Court_convicts_man_in_honor_crime_attempt/srvc=home&position=recent
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,526886,00.html

(Pakistan) "Family killed in name of honour"
-- "Three persons including a woman and a child were killed in the name of honour by a group of armed men
in a village near the Sanjar Bhatti Police Station, Shahdadkot district on Tuesday"
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009%5C06%5C17%5Cstory_17-6-2009_pg7_5

(Pakistan) Inquiry ordered into forced marriage
-- "abduction, forced marriage and tortuous treatment of a 14-year-old girl from Korangi"
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=183625

(Malaysia) About PAS' Demand for Journalists to Cover Up - by Dr. Mathew
-- "This instruction was given by PAS members to the women reporters as many did not have the tudung on"
-- "Come now, you men of PAS... The bottom line is that you don't respect women which means you don't
respect human beings."
http://mt.m2day.org/2008/content/view/23033/84/
-- Background on Malaysia's Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Party_of_Malaysia
-- June 7, 2009: Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS): Declare Sisters 'haram'
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/6/8/nation/4070007&sec=nation

U.S. Theater List for Film "The Stoning of Soraya M."
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/06/soraya-m-theater-list/

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