Thursday, January 20, 2005

Pakistan outlaws 'honor' killings | The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Jan 2005

http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0120/p06s01-wosc.html?s=hns
Owais Tohid
"President Pervez Musharraf signed a bill last week making honor killing an explicit criminal act punishable by death. Rights activists say it is a small step forward and that more must be done to change tribal and feudal attitudes that treat women like property."