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Tag Archives: Pakistan
Pakistani Earthquake Used as Opportunity to Steal Property from Widowed Women
According to the United Nations’ Integrated Regional Information Networks, the earthquake in Pakistan at the end of last year was used as an opportunity to steal land and other property from unmarried women. Typical of such victims is Zumera Bibi. … Continue reading
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Pakistan Vows to Crack Down on Honor Killings
A day after Pakistan Prime Minister Musharraf issued a public call to end honor killings in that country, the BBC reported that two women in were murdered in what were believed to be honor killings. In one incident, a man … Continue reading
Woman Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Death in Pakistan
Nigerian citizen Osfatu Bose Oweiye was sentenced to death in Pakistan in May after being convicted of heading up a heroin smuggling ring in that country. Oweiye was arrested in 1999 in connection with a drug bust that turned up … Continue reading
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World’s Outrage Directed at Pakistan Rape Case
Pakistan bore the full brunt of world outrage this month after published reports that a tribal council sentenced a 30-year-old woman to be forcibly raped by four men as punishment for her brother’s alleged affair with a woman of a … Continue reading
Pakistani Women Sentenced to Stoning for Adultery Conviction
The BBC reports that a woman, Zafran Bibi, has been sentenced to be stoned to death after being convicted of adultery in Pakistan. Pakistan introduced the Islamic Sharia law in 1980. Several women have been sentenced to death for committing … Continue reading
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Stop Honor Killings
The other day I was reading a book by an academic feminist who argued, among other things, that the idea that there is a universal code of morality (i.e. there are just things that are plain wrong) is a white … Continue reading
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Tagged Amnesty International, Jordan, Pakistan
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