Watchdog Reports 637 ‘Honor Killings’ in 2003
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At least 631 women and six girls died in “honor killings” by their relatives in Pakistan in the first eight months of the year, researchers for a human rights group said.
The Madadgar group said about half the deaths were reported in the southern province of Sindh. Many more, in Baluchistan and North-West Frontier provinces, were believed to have gone unreported. Madadgar is run by a legal aid group and UNICEF.
The killings -- which are against Pakistani law -- are usually motivated by a woman having, or being suspected of having, sexual relations outside marriage. Often she is given no chance to defend herself.
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