W islamie podpalaja kobiety dlaczego ????

28.12.03, 23:28
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/431607.stm
Friday, August 27, 1999 Published at 18:06 GMT 19:06 UK

Bride burning 'kills hundreds'

Three-hundred Pakistani women are burned to death each year by their
husband's families, according to a report by a human rights organisation.


The BBC's Owen Bennet-Jones: "Few cases are investigated"
The Progressive Women's Association says the problem is growing, and very
few of the cases are picked up by the police.

It wants legislation to deal specifically with the issue of domestic
violence.

"According to the association's findings, bride burning every year accounts
for the violent death of at least 300 women, perpetrated most often by the
victims' husbands or husbands' families," said the association's Shamoon
Hashmi.

While divorce is possible in Pakistan, it is claimed that some families
decide instead to murder unwanted wives.

In many cases, the police are told the victim was killed by an exploding
stove, and there is no prosecution.

Doctors say the injuries to many of the victims they see are not consistent
with stove burns, according to the association

'Tip of the iceberg'

The report examines the cases of a dozen women in graphic detail. Most ended
with the offenders escaping punishment.

"What we see in this book is the tip of the iceberg," said Anne Kleening, of
the United Nations gender programme in Pakistan.

"They opt for burning because the chances of prosecution are less."



It is claimed half of all Pakistani women suffer some form of violence
The Progressive Women's Association's chief co-ordinator, Shahnaz Bukhari,
said the report would be sent to Pakistani parliamentarians in the hope of a
special law against burnings being passed.

She said: "Every second Pakistani woman is the victim of a direct or
indirect form of mental or physical violence, leading to heinous crimes
against them including rape, murder, chopping of limbs or being burned
alive."

As well as campaigning for protective legislation, she wants to see a
support system for women including shelters and legal and financial help.

There is also an urgent need for more specialised burns units in Pakistan's
hospitals.



Women's rights group are becoming more vocal
It has been a long struggle for Shahnaz Bukhari and others like her.

Earlier this month, the upper house, the Senate, rejected a resolution
condemning the practice of murdering women in the name of family honour.

Human rights groups had been calling for a new law to discourage the custom.

While the government has often dismissed claims that it does not protect the
rights of women and ethnic minorities, there are signs of change in the air.

The prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, has set up a high-level committee to look
into reports of human rights violations.



    • dado W islamie zabijaja kobiety dlaczego ???? 28.12.03, 23:30
      news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/454761.stm
      Pakistan will study 'honour killings'

      Violence against women is routine, the report says

      The Pakistani Government has said it will study a report published by Amnesty
      International which says there are hundreds of honour killings in the country
      each year.
      The Minister of Information, Mushahid Hussein, said he thought that the
      Amnesty figures might be exaggerated.

      However, he said the government is clear in its condemnation of all murder.



      The BBC's Owen Bennett-Jones: "Many people deny that honour killings are a
      widespread problem"
      Murder in any name, he said, is reprehensible and should be punished under the
      law.

      The Amnesty report called for legislative reforms to address the problem of
      honour killings and other domestic violence against women.

      However, Mr Hussein said that the government is not considering legislation.

      He said laws were already in place - it was just a question of ensuring that
      they are enforced.

      Killings 'go unreported'

      Amnesty International said in its report that hundreds of women die each year
      in Pakistan as a result of honour killings.

      Women, for example, seeking to make their own decision about who they will
      marry can be accused of undermining family honour.

      Also, women seeking divorce or women who have been raped can also at risk from
      male relatives who believe the family name has been brought into disrepute.

      Amnesty says many of the killings go unreported and in almost all cases the
      perpetrators, who are often close family members, go unpunished.

      Women also live in fear of torture and violence, their basic human rights
      ignored, says Amnesty.

      Lenient judges

      In some cases, murders are committed for other motives and dressed up as
      honour killings because the perpetrators believe the courts will take a
      lenient view.



      Angelica Pathak, from Amnesty International: "It is high time these killings
      ended"
      Pakistan jurists insist that, in law, killing someone for reasons of honour is
      not a mitigating circumstance.

      But in practice, many judges do view honour killings leniently and few of
      those responsible for them serve long sentences. Indeed, few are ever
      prosecuted at all.




    • rzydzio54 Banany sa krzywe dlaczego ???? 28.12.03, 23:47
      www.lincnet-liu.k12.pa.us/liu/board.html
    • maretino Re: W islamie podpalaja kobiety dlaczego ???? 30.12.03, 19:43
      Bo to mordercy i caly ten islam to faszyzm
    • Gość: bush mój ziomal relatywizm kulturowy IP: *.wroclaw.dialog.net.pl 30.12.03, 21:20
      maja prawo, wszystkie kultury sa równorzedne i nie mamy prawa krytykować tych
      rzeczy które nie przystaja do naszych wyobrażeń.

      kultura gdzie pali sie kobiety, gdzie młodzi meżczyźni wysadzaja się w
      autobusach pełnych dzieci, gdzie nadal wierzy sie ze za zabicie niewiernego
      pozwoli na bzykanie lasek (hurys) w raju
      kultura która w ciagu ostanich 600 lat NIC nie poważnego nie wniosła do
      cywilizacyjnego dorobku ludzkości

      jest tyle samo warta co kultura
      której przedstawiciele powstrzymali wiekszość chorób dziesiatkujacych ludzkość,
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      wspaniałe osiagniecia techniczne (telefon, samolot, telewizje, Internet),
      intelektualne (Einstein, Darwin, Newton, Kopernik), estetyczne (Michał Anioł,
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