The truth behind honour-based killings
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By Sophie Shippe
In 2020, family members murdered two women after a video from the previous year surfaced online of the women kissing a man. This murder is just one of 5,000 ‘honour-based’ killings that happen every year. Girls as young as 15 have died just for helping neighbours elope. Here is some information about honour-based violence.
What is honour-based violence?
Honour killings are one type of honour-based violence. Honour-based violence is any violence that occurs with the purpose of...
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