http://www.realcourage.org/2009/06/pakistan-lahore-honor-killing/
-- "A man from Sabzazar has been arrested for allegedly killing his sister in yet another
honour killing case on Thursday."
-- "According to police, Iqbal strangled his 22-year-old sister Adeeba – in the presence of family members
– for having illicit relations with a boy from their neighbourhood."
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009%5C06%5C19%5Cstory_19-6-2009_pg7_33
(Iraq) IKWRO: On the trial of Saleh Hama Ali
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/06/ikwro-banaz-mahmod/
-- Iranian and Kurdish Women's Rights Organisation (IKWRO) reports on the trial of Saleh Hama Ali
for the killing of Banaz Mahmod
-- IKWRO: "Banaz Mahmod was a young woman killed, and gang-raped in a brutal 'honour' killing
ordered by her uncle."
--- while her uncle and father are in UK prison, "both IKWRO and the British police are aware, these
men did not perpetrate the crime alone, but with the aid of other associates and the collusion of many
in the wider Kurdish community. For some time, the British police have been trying to extradite two further
suspects who had fled to the Kurdish region of Iraq to face trial for this murder."
--- "Today, in Iraqi-Kurdistan, Saleh Hama Ali faces trial: however, we in IKWRO are amongst many other
opponents of 'honour' killings and supporters of women's rights in the Middle East in believing that this trial
will have little results."
--- "The United Kingdom seeks to extradite Saleh Hama Ali to face the same system of justice that has
put Ari and Mahmod Mahmod behind bars. The Government of Iraq has agreed to this. However, the
Kurdistan Regional Government refuses to do so, preferring to hold a show trial"
http://www.ikwro.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=335%3Asham-justice&catid=30%3Abanaz-mahmod&Itemid=6
Italian Muslim Women's Rights Leader Souad Sbai in Court Over Islamic Supremacist Death Threats to Her
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/06/threats-to-souad-sbai/
-- Italy: MP in court to defend herself against death 'fatwa' -- Souad Sbai
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.3439029989
-- "An Italian MP and Muslim women's rights activist was due to give evidence to a court on Thursday
over death threats allegedly made against her in a 'fatwa' or religious edict. Souad Sbai, MP for the ruling
conservative People of Freedom party, was due to attend the court in the northern Italian city of Bologna as witness."
-- "'I am today in Bologna to defend myself against a death 'fatwa' issued against me, for which I
had to live in fear for quite some time,' said Sbai in an interview with Adnkronos International (AKI)."
-- "Akrane H., is accused of having issued the death threat in 2007 and accused Sbai of taking
advantage of immigrants for personal gain."
-- AKI reports that Akrane H. wrote in a letter to Sbai: "I call on God to act against you, in a way that
he will expose you. You are a very bad woman, begin to pray to God, leave work for men. I have heard very bad things
about you and you have thus been exposed as a 'massihia' (Christian)."
-- "The claim by Akrane is an accusation of apostasy, which under Islamic law calls for the
death penalty, which can be carried out by any Muslim at any time"
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.3439029989
--- Related Reports:
--- April 1, 2009: Italy MP Gets Death Threats From Muslim Radicals
---- "Sbai has lived in Italy for 30 years and is the head of the Association of Moroccan Women
in Italy, which campaigns for women's rights and gives legal advice to victims of abuse"
http://www.javno.com/en-world/italy-mp-gets-death-threats-from-muslim-radicals_247833
--- February 4, 2009: Moderate Muslims to report polygamy in Italy: Sbai
http://www.ansamed.info/en/news/ME03.YAM19250.html
--- July 15, 2008: Italy grapples with polygamy
--- "'They are kept in a kind of ghetto,' Sbai said."
http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jul/15/world/fg-polygamy15
--- August 6, 2007: 'Honor killing' in Italy spurs quest for justice
---- "When the preliminary hearing in the 'honor killing' trial for the murder of 20-year-old Hina Saleem
adjourned in late June, Moroccan-born Souad Sbai was on the scene."
---- "'We want justice for Hina and we ask that her dreams of freedom and her sacrifice should
not be forgotten,' said Sbai, president of the Rome-based Italian Association of Moroccan Women."
http://www.feminist.com/news/vaw89.html
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