26Jan/11Off
UNITED STATES: “Honour” Killing Trial Gets Under Way
The Arizona Republic reported on 26 January on that the trial of a Glendale man accused of running over his daughter and her boyfriend's mother and then escaping overseas to evade authorities began in Phoenix. The article noted that “Faleh Hassan Almaleki Almaleki is accused of running over his daughter and former family friend when he encountered the two at a Peoria Department of Economic Security office. In some tribal societies, it is acceptable to kill a woman who has violated her family's moral code. UNFPA estimates 5,000 women die in ‘honor’ killings each year. The slayings are most common in the Middle East and South Asia but have happened all over the world, experts say.”