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44. Majali promises to ’consider’ demands to eliminate ’honour crimes’
Date of source: Monday, September 27, 1999
Parliament Speaker Abdul Hadi Majali on Monday promised to take into consideration women’s demands to eliminate crimes of honor by amending legislation that permits males to kill their female relatives for illicit behavior.
39. Courts sentence man to one year after killing sister with car, three men to five months after shooting woman
Date of source: Saturday, July 31, 1999
The Criminal Court on Thursday sentenced a 19-year-old man to a 12-month prison-term after finding him guilty of killing his pregnant sister by running her over with his pickup in the Jordan Valley for "reasons of honor" in February of this year. The article mentions similar ruling in which murders...
15. Two men sentenced to 15 years each for killing wives
Date of source: Wednesday, June 30, 1999
The Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced two men to 15 years in jail after convicting them of killing their wives on suspicion of immoral behavior in two separate incidents in 1997 and 1999.
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