Honour crimes

I do not like the term "honour crimes" but that does appear to be what we are stuck with. Here is an article from The Independent showingthe scale of the problem in the UK.

"Up to 17,000 women in Britain are being subjected to "honour" related violence, including murder, every year, according to police chiefs.


And official figures on forced marriages are the tip of the iceberg, says the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO).

It warns that the number of girls falling victim to forced marriages, kidnappings, sexual assaults, beatings and even murder by relatives intent on upholding the "honour" of their family is up to 35 times higher than official figures suggest.

The crisis, with children as young as 11 having been sent abroad to be married, has prompted the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to call on British consular staff in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan to take more action to identify and help British citizens believed to be the victims of forced marriages in recent years."


Do read the rest and mull on the fact that this is life in 21st Century Britain that is being described.