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From this source, which I spotted at a posting over at THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS: A question of honour: Police say 17,000 women are victims every year
Ministers are stepping up the fight against so-called 'honour' crime and forced marriages. Detectives say official statistics are 'merely the tip of the iceberg' of this phenomenon. Brian Brady investigates
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.
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Commander Steve Allen, head of ACPO's honour-based violence unit, says the true toll of people falling victim to brutal ancient customs is "massively unreported" and far worse than is traditionally accepted.... Come on, UK. Grow a set! If groups of immigrants are going to come into your country, they must live by established UK law.
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Daily Mail: Alarming rise of Muslim 'honour attacks' in the UK as police reveal thousands were carried out last year London sees the highest number of honour crimes, with West Midlands second Call for more support for victims as cases rise by...
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Jordanian machine-guns his 16-year-old niece after she was sexually assaulted From Eye on the World: (Jordan) A Jordanian man confessed to killing his 16-year-old niece to save his family’s “honour” after she was sexually assaulted, a judicial...
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17,000 A Year? In The UK Alone!
From this source, which I spotted at a posting over at THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS: A question of honour: Police say 17,000 women are victims every yearMinisters are stepping up the fight against so-called 'honour' crime and forced marriages. Detectives say official statistics are 'merely the tip of the iceberg' of this phenomenon. Brian Brady investigates
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.
[...]
Commander Steve Allen, head of ACPO's honour-based violence unit, says the true toll of people falling victim to brutal ancient customs is "massively unreported" and far worse than is traditionally accepted.... Come on, UK. Grow a set! If groups of immigrants are going to come into your country, they must live by established UK law.
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Daily Mail: Alarming rise of Muslim 'honour attacks' in the UK as police reveal thousands were carried out last year London sees the highest number of honour crimes, with West Midlands second Call for more support for victims as cases rise by...
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Jordanian machine-guns his 16-year-old niece after she was sexually assaulted From Eye on the World: (Jordan) A Jordanian man confessed to killing his 16-year-old niece to save his family’s “honour” after she was sexually assaulted, a judicial...
- Muslim Gay Men Forced Into Marriage By Families That Refuse To Accept Their Sexuality
Don't know what to say about this . . . . Gay men are increasingly being forced into marriage because their families refuse to accept their homosexuality, the Government revealed today.The Forced Marriage Unit says there has been a surge such cases...
- Muslims Could Get Own Police
Daily Express h/t Her Royal Whyness MUSLIMS COULD GET OWN POLICE Thursday July 23,2009 By Katherine Fenech MUSLIM crime victims could gain the right to have their cases overseen by police from their own religion, it emerged last night. Police in London...
- British Police Assisting Honour Murders
It seems "South Asians" - don't they mean Muslims - that have wormed their way into the police and government are actively supporting honour killings by refusing to invoke the law: Some Asians Muslims in the police and in Government jobs have been...