Honor Crimes. By CBSNews.com staff CBSNews.com staff. October 18, 2000 / 8:54 PM EDT / CBS Humaira Butt, 29, is alive ... Protesters there have organized.

Clearly, calling a killing an 'honour crime' is a contradiction of terms. "A lot of talk and dialogue takes place after a crime has happened, but this is too little too late.

Last year, 20-year-old Banaz Mahmod was garrotted with a shoelace in her London home before her body was stuffed in a suitcase and buried in the back garden of a house more than 120 miles away.

WAILUKU (HawaiiNewsNow) - This week is National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. The Maui County Department of the Prosecuting Attorney is having a candlelight vigil on Wednesday from 4:30 p.m. to 5: ...

Such crime is not only on the rise but has also become more “severe,” said a U.K. family lawyer. Since 2016, honor crimes in the U.K. have reportedly risen by nearly 200%.

In Pakistan, ‘honour’ killings continued to claim the lives of women throughout 2024, perpetuated by deeply ingrained societal beliefs about family dignity and shame. As the year draws to a ...