Nawaz Sharif has questioned why police allegedly stood by while a woman was stoned, adding that a "totally unacceptable" crime had to be dealt with.
Police arrested a teenage girl in eastern India on charges of killing her father and brother in a reversal of the usual "honour killing" scenario.
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/ 8 September 2009
Human Rights Watch on Tuesday urged Jordan to reform its penal code, which it says condones the murder of women as ”honour crimes”.