Human Rights Watch: Jordanian Victims Jailed in 'Honor' Crime Cases

[Jack Rabbit]

Press release from Human Rights Watch
Dateline New York April 20

Jordan: Victims Jailed in "Honor" Crime Cases

The Jordanian government imprisons women threatened with "honor" crimes rather than the male relatives who threaten them, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. In cases where women are killed, the perpetrators receive minimal punishment.
The 37-page report, "Honoring the Killers: Justice Denied for 'Honor' Crimes in Jordan," documents the killings and attempted murders of women by male family members who claim they are defending family "honor." The report also details the cases of women, threatened with "honor" crimes, who languish in prison for years while held in protective custody.
Women in Jordan run the risk of violence if they talk to an unrelated man, marry someone without family approval, have pre-marital sex, or become pregnant outside of marriage. According to press reports, four women already have been killed for reasons of family "honor" in 2004, as were 17 women in 2003, and 22 in 2002. Many more cases go unreported.
Government officials frequently send women threatened with "honor" crimes to prison "for their own safety." Once a woman is incarcerated, government officials will not permit her to leave prison until a male family member claims that he will guarantee her safety. According to Jordanian press reports, as many as 40 victims of "honor" crimes and women threatened with such crimes are being held in protective custody.

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1. Hey, we all know

it is always the woman's fault (end of sarcasm). Having to jail them for their safety is far out (sarcasm on) I just guess you can't jail all the males in family?:grr: