A man accused of killing his teenage daughter in England because of her “Westernized” lifestyle denied the murder in court Wednesday. Iftikhar Ahmed said it was “devastating” to be on ...

Victims of so-called honour violence are "still not being believed" by police who fear being labelled "racist" when investigating their allegations, according to a landmark report on the issue ...

Two cousins who became the first suspects ever extradited to Britain from Iraq were jailed for life today for the "honour killing" of a 20-year-old woman.

Today sees the publication of a devastating report on the rise of "honour-based" violence against women from immigrant communities in the UK. It is devastating not just because it reveals the ...

Police and authorities 'afraid to act against honour crimes in case they are called racist', claims report. By CHARLOTTE GILL. Last updated at 12:02 04 February 2008 ...

"In the UK we talk about a yearly figure of 10,000 honour crimes but that is just a guess-timate - I think it is far deeper than that," she said. "We don't know how many women disappear either." ...

The study found that honour crimes are being carried out by third and fourth generation immigrants. It also says there is evidence that Asian policemen and councillors try to block the activities ...

The report warns of a "postcard lottery" when it comes to police forces recording honour crimes One in five UK police forces is failing to properly record cases of so-called honour violence ...

Although there were 2,600 incidents of honour-based crimes recorded by the police between March 2014 and January 2015, Freedom of Information requests reveal the true number to be far higher.

Thanking Shah for raising the profile of the case, Baroness Warsi cited a recent report which stated there have been 11,000 ‘honour crimes’ in the UK over the last five years.

The triggers for an “honor” crime can be varied. “It can be anything that you take for granted, such as being a normal adolescent teenager or being a bit rebellious,” Sanghera said.

Figures released by the Metropolitan Police show that in London alone there have been 129 honour-based crimes between April and October this year, compared with 132 in the whole of 2008/09, which ...