Taking A Stand, on BBC Radio 4, did a piece on the (dis)honor killing of Surjit Athwal who was killed by her husband and mother-in-law. It's a heart-breaking story... Fergal Keane talks to people who have taken risks and made sacrifices to stand up for what they believe in. When Surjit Athwal failed to return from a holiday in the Punjab, her brother Jagdeesh Singh was convinced that something terrible had happened. Eventually he discovered that his sister had been murdered in a so-called honour killing after her in-laws discovered that she planned to divorce her husband. Jagdeesh recounts his nine-year struggle to bring Surjit's killers to justice.Listen here.
You can read more about this case here and here.
To read more about honor killings, see this link.
2 comments:
Thank you for posting about this subject, Simran.
Ellen R. Sheeley, Author
"Reclaiming Honor in Jordan"
Ellen, thank you for your note and for the work you do. I am looking forward to reading your book.
In solidarity.
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