EU upset over honour killings of three girls in Pakistan

by Sanjay Jha | September 16, 2008 at 02:39 am
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Pakistan is one of the deeply entrenched feudal society and women have to suffer a lot. Women in Pakistan face all kinds of gross violence and abuse at the hands of the feudal lords who perpetrate all kind of violence on women. They are subjected to varied kind of  ranging from rape, domestic abuse as spousal murder, mutilation, burning and disfiguring faces by acid, beatings; ritual honour killings and custodial abuse and torture. Most ghastly act is the honor killins. 

 

Hundreds of  Pakistan women every year are killed in the name of  honour. Many cases in the hinterland of Pakistan go unreported. The powerful feudal lords go unpunished.  The lives of millions of women in Pakistan are circumscribed by traditions, which enforce extreme seclusion and submission to men many of whom impose their virtually proprietorial control over women with violence. 

European Union has expressed its concern over the killings of three girls in Pakistan. 

The European Union Monday expressed outrage over the murders of three young girls in Pakistan's Balochistan province by relatives for wishing to marry men of their own choice.

The 27-member European bloc called for a full investigation into the matter and said it was absolutely essential that those responsible for the 'intolerable acts' be brought to justice, EuAsiaNews reports.

A statement by the current French EU Presidency voiced its deep concern over the extreme forms of violence against women reported in Pakistan.

It urged Pakistan to comply with its international human rights obligations, and in particular the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, to which Pakistan is party.

The EU also urged the Pakistani government to take steps to eliminate all forms of violence against women.

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Barry Artiste
Barry Artiste
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at 05:03 on September 16th, 2008

Sanjay Jha, I like this story. It's good stuff. Nothing honourable in killing girls

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