Pakistan: Another "Honor Killing" of Eloped Couple --  Barki
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/pakistan-honor-killing-bakri/
-- Pakistan Daily Times: "Couple killed in name of 'honour'"
--- "A newlywed couple was killed in the name of honour on Thursday within Barki Police precincts. Khalid and Shamim, the deceased,
had eloped two months ago and were married without the consent of their families."
--- "On their return, Ramazan shot the couple, who died on their way to hospital. Police sources said Ramazan was Shamim's cousin
and she had been engaged to him when she eloped with Khalid. The deceased and the accused were all residents of village Chacho Wali."
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\07\03\story_3-7-2009_pg13_3
--- "Love marriage couple shot dead"
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=186251
--- follows a similar "honor killing" of a couple and their family in Charsadda district on Monday June 29 - husband named Kamran Nawaz
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/06/honor-killing-charsadda/

Syria "amends" "honor killing law" - deciding that two years in jail is sufficient punishment for murdering a woman
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/syria-decides-murder-worth-2-years/
-- BBC: "Syria amends honour killing law"
-- "The new law replaces the existing maximum sentence of one year in jail with a minimum jail term of two years."
-- "The new law says a man can still benefit from extenuating circumstances in crimes of passion or honour 'provided he serves
a prison term of no less than two years in the case of killing'"
-- "Activists say some 200 women are killed each year in honour cases by men who expect lenient treatment under the law"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8130639.stm

UK: Forced Marriage reports up 16 percent - schools warned to watch out for abusive families
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/uk-forced-marriage-up-16-percent/forcedmarriage/
-- BBC: Forced marriage plea to schools
--- "The government's Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) says it has received 770 calls for help this year - up 16% on 2008."
--- "Experts say the coming month will be critical because there is growing evidence that abusive families use the school
summer holidays to coerce daughters and sons to marry abroad."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8129466.stm
-- 'Punished for shaming my family'
-- "Victim of forced marriage: 'My breakthrough came when he threatened to kill me'"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8130831.stm

Gaza women suffer from die-hard custom of "honor killing"
-- "Seven women were killed by their family members in the name of 'honor' in Gaza since the beginning of 2009"
-- "M.M., a 34-year-old male resident of Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in northern Gaza City never regretted the killing
of his sister, who he believed had slept with a stranger."
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/gaza-women-suffer-honor-killing/

(U.S.) Film Spotlights True Story of Iranian Woman's Stoning - "The Stoning of Soraya M."
http://www.voanews.com/english/AmericanLife/2009-07-02-voa45.cfm